[PATCH v2 2/3] drm/bridge: Add ti-tfp410 DVI transmitter driver

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Jyri,

On Wednesday 16 Nov 2016 16:39:28 Jyri Sarha wrote:
> On 11/16/16 15:33, Rob Herring wrote:
> >> +Optional properties
> >> 
> >>> +	- reg: I2C address. If and only if present the driver node

I assume you meant device node, not driver node ?

> >>> +	  should be placed into the i2c controller node where the
> >>> +	  tfp410 i2c is connected to (the current implementation does
> >>> +	  not yet support this).
> > 
> > So this chip can work without programming I guess?
> 
> Yes. Just powering it up is enough for most application.
> 
> > reg should only be not present if I2C is not connected in the design. It
> > can't be a function of what the driver supports. In otherwords, you
> > can't be moving this node around based on when you add I2C control.
> 
> Ok, I'll try to implement a dummy i2c driver at the same time too. I can
> not test anything related to it because I do not have a piece of HW with
> tfp410 i2c wires connected, but it should not matter as long as I am
> able to probe it as a i2c client.

I think that Rob's point was that whether the current implementation supports 
this or not is irrelevant from a DT bindings point of view. It should not be 
mentioned in the bindings document.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart