On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:36:36 +0200, Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 26/02/14 16:48, Philipp Zabel wrote: > > >> I would like the document to acknowledge the difference from the > >> phandle+args pattern used elsewhere and a description of when it would > >> be appropriate to use this instead of a simpler binding. > > > > Alright. The main point of this binding is that the devices may have > > multiple distinct ports that each can be connected to other devices. > > The other main point with this binding are multiple endpoints per port. > So you can have, say, a display controller, with single port, which has > two endpoints going to two separate LCD panels. > > In physical level that would usually mean that the same pins from the > display controller are connected to two panels. Most likely this would > mean that only one panel can be used at a time, possibly with different > settings (say, 16 RGB pins for one panel, 24 RGB pins for the other). What device is in control in that scenario? g. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
