On 2016-03-29 00:26, Alexander Stein wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 March 2016 00:11:13, Stefan Agner wrote:
>> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/fsl,dcu.txt
>> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/fsl,dcu.txt
>> >>
>> >> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Required properties:
>> >> Optional properties:
>> >> - clocks: Second handle for pixel clock.
>> >> - clock-names: Second name "pix" for pixel clock.
>> >>
>> >> +- fsl,tcon: The phandle to the timing controller node.
>> >
>> > Maybe a comment this is (currently) only for Vybrid, but not LS1021A.
>>
>> IMHO, such references to SoCs in a peripheral binding is somewhat
>> misplaced. If we would start doing this, we would end up in lots of SoC
>> references, and nobody knows whether they are actually accurate and up
>> to date... And I think we should add tcon to LS1021a, more on that
>> below...
>
> Well, I don't mind after all.
>
>> >> --- /dev/null
>> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_tcon.c
>> >> [...]
>> >> +struct fsl_tcon *fsl_tcon_init(struct device *dev)
>> >> +{
>> >> + struct fsl_tcon *tcon;
>> >> + struct device_node *np;
>> >> + int ret;
>> >> +
>> >> + tcon = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*tcon), GFP_KERNEL);
>> >> + if (!tcon)
>> >> + return NULL;
>> >> +
>> >> + np = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "fsl,tcon", 0);
>> >> + if (!np) {
>> >> + dev_warn(dev, "Couldn't find the tcon node\n");
>> >> + return NULL;
>> >> + }
>> >
>> > Maybe check for device tree node before allocating struct fsl_tcon? Also
>> > this should not be a warning, as on LS1021A this is to be expected.
>>
>> Agreed, definitely the smarter sequence.
>>
>> Afact LS1021a has also a TCON. At least in Jianwei Wangs initial patches
>> it was part of the driver, see:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/13/242
>>
>> Not sure how that driver can work without TCON support on LS1021a, maybe
>> the bootloader sets the TCON to bypass?
>>
>> Since I do not have a LS1021a, I hesitated to just add it to the LS1021s
>> dt's, but it should be fairly straight forward.
>
> Interesting, but in Patch 3
> (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-July/086381.html)
> no TCON node is added and using is still
> optional. Yet, I don't find any TCON hardware in the LS1021A reference manual,
> e.g. in the memory map. I hard guess is that it doesn't require/use one.
> Without memory address it would be pretty hard to add one.
Ok, maybe I am completely wrong on that. I thought I have seen it...
It could be that Jianwei added TCON support for Vybrid only, in this
case I agree there shouldn't be a warning if TCON is missing. Maybe even
the other way around, write a info message in case TCON has been found.
--
Stefan
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