Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: display/panel: Add Lenovo NT36523W BOE panel

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On 7.03.2023 23:08, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:26 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Add bindings for the 2000x1200px IPS panel found on Lenovo Tab P11/
>> XiaoXin Pad devices.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> (...)
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/panel/lenovo,nt36523w-boe-j606.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: NT36523W BOE panel found on Lenovo J606 devices
> 
> It's a Novatek NT36523 display controller-based device isn't it?
> 
> I would reflect that in the title or at least the description.
> 
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> +
>> +allOf:
>> +  - $ref: panel-common.yaml#
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    const: lenovo,nt36523w-boe-j606
>> +
>> +  reg:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +    description: DSI virtual channel
>> +
>> +  vddio-supply: true
>> +  reset-gpios: true
>> +  rotation: true
>> +  port: true
> 
> This is clearly (as can be seen from the magic in the driver) a
> Novatek NT36523 display controller, just configured differently.
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230220121258.10727-1-lujianhua000@xxxxxxxxx/T/
> 
> Why can't you just modify the existing nt36523 binding from
> Jianhua Lu by e.g. making these two non-required:
> 
>  - vddpos-supply
>  - vddneg-supply
> 
> It would not be helpful for driver writers to have two different bindings
> for similar hardware hand having to write code to handle different
> properties depending on which binding is used, so please unify into
> one binding by cooperating with Jianhua.
I'll look into Jianhua's patchset and try to work atop that!

> 
> Would it help if we merged Jianhua's binding so you can build on topYes please, the less out-of-tree dependencies the better..

> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij



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