[PATCH 6/6] drm/msm/dsi: Parse DSI lanes via DT

[Tomi Valkeinen]

On 22/02/16 22:10, Rob Herring wrote:

>> If we want all DSI host controllers to use a common binding to describe
>> lanes, we'd need to go with the most flexible one, and the driver
>> restricts it to the subsets that we support.

True, but I wonder if that's necessary. The lane property for the SoC
should be read by the SoC specific driver, right? So the DT property can
be anything. I'm not sure if there's ever a reason for a generic code to
observe the DSI lane setup.

That said, if we do have a common binding, it's perhaps easier for
people to understand the setups for different SoCs.

>>>> +    a limited number of physical to logical mappings possible:
>>>> +
>>>> +     "0123": Logic 0->Phys 0; Logic 1->Phys 1; Logic 2->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 3->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "3012": Logic 3->Phys 0; Logic 0->Phys 1; Logic 1->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 2->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "2301": Logic 2->Phys 0; Logic 3->Phys 1; Logic 0->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 1->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "1230": Logic 1->Phys 0; Logic 2->Phys 1; Logic 3->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 0->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "0321": Logic 0->Phys 0; Logic 3->Phys 1; Logic 2->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 1->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "1032": Logic 1->Phys 0; Logic 0->Phys 1; Logic 3->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 2->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "2103": Logic 2->Phys 0; Logic 1->Phys 1; Logic 0->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 3->Phys 3;
>>>> +     "3210": Logic 3->Phys 0; Logic 2->Phys 1; Logic 1->Phys 2; Logic
>>>> 0->Phys 3;
>>>> +
>>>> +     Here, a "3012" mapping will be represented by:
>>>> +     lanes = <0 1 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7>;
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm lost here. What does 8 mean for example. The index represents?
>>
>>
>> The numbers here describe the logical lanes. I.e, the way in which the
>> DSI controller pushes out data to the PHY. The ordering is as follows:

If I read you right, I think that's vice versa. At least the OMAP
version. The OMAP doc says:

"- lanes: list of pin numbers for the DSI lanes: CLK+, CLK-, DATA0+,
DATA0-, DATA1+, DATA1-, ..."

This means that the first value in the array is the pin number for CLK+.
In other words, CLK+ wire going to the panel/encoder is connected to pin
number X.

What the pin number means is SoC specific. CLK+ could be connected to,
say, SoC pin number 123, and then you'd enter 123 as the first value. On
OMAP we use DSI block specific pin numbers, so they start at 0.

> Okay, so the confusing part is the description is all about lanes
> (0-3) but the binding (index and value) is all about pin/signal
> numbers. Either simplify the binding to be lanes or describe the
> binding in terms of pins.

Perhaps "lane-pins" or something would be more descriptive. If we want
to make the description common, I could change the OMAP implementation
to accept the new property name too.

But, I'm not sure if a common description helps much. Any thoughts?

 Tomi

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