On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 17:16, Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 05:05:11PM +0000, Dave Stevenson wrote: > > Hi Maxime > > > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 16:35, Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 04:26:56PM +0100, Max Krummenacher wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 5:22 PM Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 3/2/22 15:21, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > Please try to avoid top posting > > > > Sorry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 04:25:19PM +0100, Max Krummenacher wrote: > > > > > >> The goal here is to set the element bus_format in the struct > > > > > >> panel_desc. This is an enum with the possible values defined in > > > > > >> include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The enum values are not constructed in a way that you could calculate > > > > > >> the value from color channel width/shift/mapping/whatever. You rather > > > > > >> would have to check if the combination of color channel > > > > > >> width/shift/mapping/whatever maps to an existing value and otherwise > > > > > >> EINVAL out. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I don't see the value in having yet another way of how this > > > > > >> information can be specified and then having to write a more > > > > > >> complicated parser which maps the dt data to bus_format. > > > > > > > > > > > > Generally speaking, sending an RFC without explicitly stating what you > > > > > > want a comment on isn't very efficient. > > > > > > > > > > Isn't that what RFC stands for -- Request For Comment ? > > > > > > > > I hoped that the link to the original discussion was enough. > > > > > > > > panel-simple used to have a finite number of hardcoded panels selected > > > > by their compatible. > > > > The following patchsets added a compatible 'panel-dpi' which should > > > > allow to specify the panel in the device tree with timing etc. > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dri-devel/patch/20200216181513.28109-6-sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > In the same release cycle part of it got reverted: > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dri-devel/patch/20200314153047.2486-3-sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > With this it is no longer possible to set bus_format. > > > > > > > > The explanation what makes the use of a property "data-mapping" not a > > > > suitable way in that revert > > > > is a bit vague. > > > > > > Indeed, but I can only guess. BGR666 in itself doesn't mean much for > > > example. Chances are the DPI interface will use a 24 bit bus, so where > > > is the padding? > > > > > > I think that's what Sam and Laurent were talking about: there wasn't > > > enough information encoded in that property to properly describe the > > > format, hence the revert. > > > > MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X18 defines an 18bit bus, therefore there is no > > padding. "bgr666" was selecting that media bus code (I won't ask about > > the rgb/bgr swap). > > > > If there is padding on a 24 bit bus, then you'd use (for example) > > MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X24_CPADHI to denote that the top 2 bits of each > > colour are the padding. Define and use a PADLO variant if the padding > > is the low bits. > > Yeah, that's kind of my point actually :) Ah, OK :) > Just having a rgb666 string won't allow to differentiate between > MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X18 and MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X24_CPADHI: both are > RGB666 formats. Or we could say that it's MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X18 and > then when we'll need MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X24_CPADHI we'll add a new > string but that usually leads to inconsistent or weird names, so this > isn't ideal. > > > The string matching would need to be extended to have some string to > > select those codes ("lvds666" is a weird choice from the original > > patch). > > > > Taking those media bus codes and handling them appropriately is > > already done in vc4_dpi [1], and the vendor tree has gained > > BGR666_1X18 and BGR666_1X24_CPADHI [2] as they aren't defined in > > mainline. > > > > Now this does potentially balloon out the number of MEDIA_BUS_FMT_xxx > > defines needed, but that's the downside of having defines for all > > formats. > > > > (I will admit to having a similar change in the Pi vendor tree that > > allows the media bus code to be selected explicitly by hex value). > > I think having an integer value is indeed better: it doesn't change much > in the device tree if we're using a header, it makes the driver simpler > since we don't have to parse a string, and we can easily extend it or > rename the define, it won't change the ABI. > > I'm not sure using the raw media bus format value is ideal though, since > that value could then be used by any OS, and it would effectively force > the mbus stuff down their throat. I'll agree that the media bus format isn't the nicest, but I was looking for a quick fix that could be configured from an overlay. If using defines, then possibly go for a partial bitmask? 3 bits for RGB order can be defined across the board. An encoding of the bus width. And then the packing within that bus width would have to be a lookup table, with no padding, padhi, and padlo being defined as 0, 1, and 2 respectively. >=3 are extensions per bus width. MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X24_CPADHI might then be described as ORDER_RGB | BUS_24 | PAD_HI. And MEDIA_BUS_FMT_BGR666 as ORDER_BGR | BUS_18 | NO_PAD. Hmm, a bit more thought needed for RGB565, as a bus width of 16 wouldn't guarantee that. Dave
