On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 03:11:11PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 14:40:15 +0200
> Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 02:25:38PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:01:16 +0200 Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 04:53:07PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d3xdm.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sama5d3xdm.dtsi
> > [...]
> > > > > + backlight = <&backlight>;
> > > > > + power-supply = <&panel_reg>;
> > > > > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > > > > + #size-cells = <0>;
> > > > > + status = "disabled";
> > > > > +
> > > > > + port@0 {
> > > > > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > > > > + #size-cells = <0>;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + panel_input: endpoint@0 {
> > > > > + reg = <0>;
> > > > > + remote-endpoint = <&hlcdc_panel_output>;
> > > > > + };
> > > > > };
> > > >
> > > > There's no support for OF graphs in simple-panel, so this is unused,
> > > > isn't it?
> > >
> > > Actually I use it in my atmel_hlcdc_ouput implementation to figure out
> > > the link between a panel and a device connected on the RGB/DPI bus.
> >
> > That's kind of weird and one of the reasons why I can't make myself like
> > the OF graph bindings. It requires drivers for one device to reach into
> > the device tree node of some other device and look for content. Or put
> > another way, a DT node for a panel that works on one platform doesn't
> > work on another because the display controller needs additional DT
> > content that isn't required by the original binding for the panel.
>
> I also have a working POC of a DPI bus implementation (with DPI support
> in panel-simple driver).
>
> This is a solution I developed to provide a generic DPI implementation
> in my HLCDC driver and rely on generic external implementations for
> slave devices (panels, encoders, ...).
>
> But, IIRC, Laurent was not in favor of a bus approach because the DPI
> bus is just a data bus and not a control bus.
>
> Anyway, I'll clean it up and post an RFC.
According to the MIPI website there are also control signals and a
command set to control display behaviour. Does your implementation
handle any of that?
Thierry
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