Re: [PATCH RFC 08/10] drm/panel/samsung-sofef03: Add panel driver for Sony Xperia 5 II

From: Marijn Suijten
Date: Mon May 29 2023 - 18:33:48 EST


On 2023-05-30 01:22:54, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On 30/05/2023 00:29, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 29.05.2023 23:21, Marijn Suijten wrote:
> >> On 2023-05-22 11:08:12, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> >>> On 22/05/2023 03:23, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >>>> On 22/05/2023 00:23, Marijn Suijten wrote:
> >>>>> The SOFEF03-M Display-IC paired with an unknown panel in the Sony Xperia
> >>>>> 5 II always uses Display Stream Compression 1.1 and features a 60hz and
> >>>>> 120hz refresh-rate mode.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Co-developed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>> Konrad's S-o-b is also required then
> >>
> >> I am unsure what to include here, since Konrad originally "authored" the
> >> commit but I believe it was nothing more than a completely broken and
> >> unusable driver spit out by "The mdss panel generator". This needed
> >> enough rewriting that I don't feel like giving it much credit ;)
> > Might have been. I won't be mad if you drop this!
>
> I'd say, either add S-o-B, or drop C-D-B. The Co-developed-by should
> always come with the Signed-of-by, otherwise one can not be sure that
> the co-developer didn't copy-paste some super-proprietary stolen code.

That is effectively what the downstream command sequences are, with
their meaning removed :P

I'll drop it then, that makes most sense I think.

- Marijn