Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: display: bridge: tc358867: Document DPI output support

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On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 12/7/21 17:43, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358767.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358767.yaml
> >> index f1541cc05297..5cfda6f2ba69 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358767.yaml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358767.yaml
> >> @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ properties:
> >>         port@1:
> >>           $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>           description: |
> >> -            DPI input port. The remote endpoint phandle should be a
> >> -            reference to a valid DPI output endpoint node
> >> +            DPI input/output port. The remote endpoint phandle should be a
> >> +            reference to a valid DPI output or input endpoint node.
> > 
> > I assume the mode of operation (input or output) will be fixed for a
> > given hardware design. Isn't this something that should be recorded in
> > DT ? It would simplify configuration of the device in the driver.
> 
> Currently the configuration (DSI-to-DPI / DPI-to-eDP) is inferred from 
> the presence of DPI panel. If DPI panel present, DSI-to-DPI, else, 
> DPI-to-eDP.

I've had a look at the driver side, and it seems to complicate things
quite a bit. It seems that specifying the mode of operation explicitly
in DT could make software implementations quite a bit simpler.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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