Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpu/drm/panel: Add Lenovo NT36523W BOE panel

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 7.03.2023 23:18, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:26 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Introduce support for the BOE panel with a NT36523W touch/driver IC
>> found on some Lenovo Tab P11 devices. It's a 2000x1200, 24bit RGB
>> MIPI DSI panel with integrated DCS-controlled backlight (that expects
>> big-endian communication).
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I will think this is some variant of the Novatek NT36523 display
> controller packaged up with Lenovo electronics until proven how
> wrong I am.
> 
> I will listen to reason if it can be demonstrated that NT36523 and
> NT36523W are considerably different and need very different
> drivers, but I seriously doubt it. (For reasons see below.)
> 
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lenovo-nt36523w-boe.c | 747 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> We usually share code with different displays using the
> same display controller, so panel-novatek-nt36523.c should
> be used as name.
> 
>> +config DRM_PANEL_LENOVO_NT36523W_BOE
>> +       tristate "Lenovo NT36523W BOE panel"
> 
> Name it after the display controller like the other examples
> in the Kconfig, DRM_PANEL_NOVATEK_NT36523
> 
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0xff, 0x20);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0xfb, 0x01);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x05, 0xd9);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x07, 0x78);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x08, 0x5a);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x0d, 0x63);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x0e, 0x91);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x0f, 0x73);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x95, 0xeb);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x96, 0xeb);
>> +       mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, MIPI_DCS_SET_PARTIAL_ROWS, 0x11);
> 
> I think it looks very similar to Jianhua:s driver:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230220121258.10727-1-lujianhua000@xxxxxxxxx/T/
> 
> Can't you just add this special magic sequence into
> that driver instead?
Yeah I'll try doing that.

> 
> Would it help if we merge Jianhua's driver first so you can patch on
> top of it?
Definitely.

Konrad
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij