Hi Paul, > Am 05.08.2021 um 18:17 schrieb Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi Nikolaus and Laurent, > > Le jeu., août 5 2021 at 18:07:20 +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >> Hi Laurent, >>> Am 05.08.2021 um 17:04 schrieb Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> Hi Nikolaus, >>> Thank you for the patch. >>> On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:07:57PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>>> This patch attempts to convert the ingenic-dw-hdmi driver >>>> into a version that uses the component framework. >>> Why ? What problem would this solve ? >> Well, it was suggested in a v1 we did post several months ago. I have not >> looked up by whom and do not exactly remember the reasons. >> We now simply thought that it is common style since dome dw-hdmi drivers >> make use of it but some others don't. And we got it working without. >> If it is not needed/requested by anyone, we can drop it from v3 (or add later). > > I don't remember exactly TBH - the only reason to use a component is to have access to the main driver's "drm_device" structure. The IPU needs it for instance, to register planes; but I don't think this HDMI driver needs it as it registers a bridge. > > Cheers, > -Paul Ok, fine! We'll drop it and don't waste time. BR and thanks, NIkolaus
