Hi Laurent, Please find the latest series here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg66740.html On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Thierry, > > On Wednesday 30 July 2014 11:40:54 Thierry Reding wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:54:00AM +0530, Ajay kumar wrote: >> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Thierry Reding wrote: >> > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 01:42:09PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote: >> > >> Am 29.07.2014 13:36, schrieb Thierry Reding: >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 01:21:48PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote: >> > >> >> Am 28.07.2014 08:13, schrieb Ajay kumar: >> > >> >>> On 7/27/14, Andreas Färber <afaerber@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >>>> Am 25.07.2014 21:22, schrieb Ajay Kumar: >> > >> >>>>> This series is based on exynos-drm-next branch of Inki Dae's tree >> > >> >>>>> at: >> > >> >>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daeinki/drm-exynos. >> > >> >>>>> git >> > >> >>>>> >> > >> >>>>> I have tested this after adding few DT changes for >> > >> >>>>> exynos5250-snow, >> > >> >>>>> exynos5420-peach-pit and exynos5800-peach-pi boards. >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> I'm trying to test this with a modified exynos5250-spring DT >> > >> >> > >> [...] >> > >> >> > >> >> Unfortunately the most I got on Spring with attached DT was a blank >> > >> >> screen with a white horizontal line in the middle. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Do I need to specify a specific panel model for Spring? >> > >> >> > >> [...] >> > >> >> > >> >> From 9172a26a8f0d0f0d170bd27e1c150ad204d8086a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 >> > >> >> 2001 >> > >> >> From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20F=C3=A4rber?= <afaerber@xxxxxxx> >> > >> >> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:58:06 +0200 >> > >> >> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: exynos5250: Add eDP/LVDS bridge to Spring >> > >> >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> > >> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Ajay Kumar <ajaykumar.rs@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> > >> >> [AF: Redone for v6] >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Andreas F??rber <afaerber@xxxxxxx> >> > >> >> --- >> > >> >> >> > >> >> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-spring.dts | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++- >> > >> >> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> > >> >> >> > >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-spring.dts >> > >> >> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-spring.dts index >> > >> >> 687dfab86bc8..517b1ff2bfdf 100644 >> > >> >> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-spring.dts >> > >> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-spring.dts >> > >> >> @@ -64,10 +64,14 @@ >> > >> >> vdd_pll-supply = <&s5m_ldo8_reg>; >> > >> >> }; >> > >> >> >> > >> >> + panel: panel { >> > >> >> + compatible = "simple-panel"; >> > >> >> + }; >> > >> > >> > >> > You can't do this. "simple-panel" isn't a valid panel model. It >> > >> > should probably be removed from the platform_of_match table in the >> > >> > driver. >> > >> >> > >> Okay, that means the Snow DT is wrong, too: >> > >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4625441/ >> > >> >> > >> And the others specify it as fallback: >> > >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4625461/ >> > >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4625451/ >> > > >> > > A quick grep shows that many (all?) devices that use DRM panels provide >> > > simple-panel as fallback. That's probably fine as long as they also do >> > > provide the specific model. But given that simple-panel does not have a >> > > mode or physical size, I don't think even that makes sense. >> > >> > On snow, the bridge chip provides the display mode instead of the panel. >> > That is why display was working for me. >> >> Okay, I suppose under some circumstances that might make sense. Although >> it's still always the panel that dictates the display timings, so the >> panel node needs to have a panel model specific compatible value with a >> matching entry in the panel-simple driver so that it can even be used in >> setups without a bridge. >> >> One other thing: how does the bridge know which mode to drive? I suspect >> that it can drive more than one mode? Can it freely be configured or >> does it have a predefined set of modes? If the latter, then according to >> what you said above there needs to be a way to configure the bridge (via >> DT?) so that it reports the mode matching the panel. I wonder if that >> should be handled completely in code, so that for example a bridge has a >> panel attached it can use the panel's .get_modes() and select a matching >> mode among the set that it supports. > > Yes, pretty please :-) I don't think it would be a good idea to duplicate mode > information in the bridge DT node, as that's not a property of the bridge. > Querying the mode at runtime is in my opinion a much better option, and would > also allow switching between different modes at runtime when that makes sense. > > Now, I'm not sure whether it should be the bridge driver querying the panel > driver directly, or the display controller driver doing it and then > configuring the bridge accordingly. The latter seems more generic to me and > doesn't rely on the assumption that the bridge output will always be directly > connected to a panel. > > -- > Regards, > > Laurent Pinchart > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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