Den 06.02.2017 11.39, skrev Maxime Ripard:
Hi Noralf,
On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 07:48:51PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
Den 03.02.2017 10.59, skrev Maxime Ripard:
Hi,
Here is an attempt at supporting the ST7789V LCD controller from Sitronix.
What happens if there's another panel driven by ST7789V that needs
a different controller initialization?
You know those panels / controllers much better than I do, but why
would that be the case?
Maybe it's better to name it after the panel, not the controller.
I guess you could also use that panel directly without the controller?
A controller can drive many different panels that can require different
initializations. I faced that with staging/fbtft, when I wrote
controller drivers having initialization code, and then came across
displays with the same controller but with a different initialization.
Trying to write controller drivers for these controllers is very
difficult with all the possible permutations. On top of that we have
those undocumented commands/registers.
Some panels come with embedded controllers, in which case it makes
sense to write a driver for the panel.
But if the panel and controller are separate, then I don't know. Maybe
the chance of coming across two uncompatible ST7789V and panel
combinations in drm/panel is extremly low.
Noralf.
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