[PATCH] drm: rcar-du: Document the vsps property in the DT bindings

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Apr 5 07:54:38 UTC 2017


Hi Laurent,

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
>> On Monday 27 Mar 2017 13:05:48 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> > The property is used by the driver but is missing from the DT bindings.
>>> > Document it.
>>> >
>>> > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org>
>>> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
>>> > <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
>>> > ---
>>> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,du.txt | 5 +++++
>>> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,du.txt
>>> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,du.txt index
>>> > 1a02f099a0ff..cf34893a1b53 100644
>>> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,du.txt
>>> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,du.txt
>>> >
>>> > @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ Required Properties:
>>> >        When supplied they must be named "dclkin.x" with "x" being the
>>> >        input
>>> >        clock numerical index.
>>> >
>>> > +Optional Properties:
>>> > +
>>> > +  - vsps: A list of phandles to the VSP nodes that handle the memory
>>> > +    interfaces for the DU channels (Gen3 only).
>>>
>>> ", one per channel"?
>>>
>>> Required for Gen3, optional for Gen2? (cfr. Sergei's patches).
>>
>> How about making it mandatory on Gen2 as well ? The VSPs are there, even if
>> the driver doesn't use them, it makes sense to describe the connection. Of
>
> Fine for me, as this is hardware description.
>
>> course the driver will treat the property as optional for backward
>> compatibility.
>
> OK.

Will you do this as an incremental update?
I noticed the initial version is now in drm-next.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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