[PATCH 4/7] drm/panel: Add Sinlinx SinA33 7" panel

[Thierry Reding]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 10:02:48PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 01:03:03AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> > 
> > 01.09.2016, 23:40, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
> > >  The SinA33 has an unidentified panel. Add the timings for it under a new
> > >  compatible.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Excuse me...
> > I will ask a question which is not fully related to the patch here...
> > If I want to add a generic panel for Q8 tablets, what should it be called?
> > "allwinner,q8-lcd-panel-800x480"?
> 
> I guess it's more of a question for Thierry, but it seems like the
> trend is to put the diagonal rather than the resolution in the
> compatibles.

Compatible strings should contain the model number of the panel. There
is no such thing as a "generic panel for Q8 tablets".

Also, how is it that these panels are unidentified? Has nobody tried to
open them up and look at the panel to find a model number?

Thierry
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