[PATCH v6 3/4] drm: rcar-du: Fix legacy DT to create LVDS encoder nodes

[Frank Rowand]

On 02/23/18 11:56, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> On Friday, 23 February 2018 21:43:17 EET Frank Rowand wrote:
>> On 02/23/18 01:00, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> On Friday, 23 February 2018 04:38:06 EET Frank Rowand wrote:
>>>> On 02/22/18 14:10, Frank Rowand wrote:
>>>>> Hi Laurent, Rob,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the prompt spin to address my concerns.  There are some small
>>>>> technical issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did not read the v3 patch until today.  v3 through v6 are still using
>>>>> the old overlay apply method which uses an expanded device tree as
>>>>> input.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob, I don't see my overlay patches in you for-next branch, and I have
>>>>> not seen an "Applied" message from you.  What is the status of the
>>>>> overlay patches?
>>>>>
>>>>> Comments in the patch below.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/22/18 05:13, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>>>>> The internal LVDS encoders now have their own DT bindings. Before
>>>>>> switching the driver infrastructure to those new bindings, implement
>>>>>> backward-compatibility through live DT patching.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patching is disabled and will be enabled along with support for the new
>>>>>> DT bindings in the DU driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
>>>>>> <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Changes since v5:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Use a private copy of rcar_du_of_changeset_add_property()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changes since v3:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Use the OF changeset API
>>>>>> - Use of_graph_get_endpoint_by_regs()
>>>>>> - Replace hardcoded constants by sizeof()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changes since v2:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Update the SPDX headers to use C-style comments in header files
>>>>>> - Removed the manually created __local_fixups__ node
>>>>>> - Perform manual fixups on live DT instead of overlay
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changes since v1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Select OF_FLATTREE
>>>>>> - Compile LVDS DT bindings patch code when DRM_RCAR_LVDS is selected
>>>>>> - Update the SPDX headers to use GPL-2.0 instead of GPL-2.0-only
>>>>>> - Turn __dtb_rcar_du_of_lvds_(begin|end) from u8 to char
>>>>>> - Pass void begin and end pointers to rcar_du_of_get_overlay()
>>>>>> - Use of_get_parent() instead of accessing the parent pointer directly
>>>>>> - Find the LVDS endpoints nodes based on the LVDS node instead of the
>>>>>>   root of the overlay
>>>>>> - Update to the <soc>-lvds compatible string format
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig                    |   2 +
>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Makefile                   |   7 +-
>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c               | 342 +++++++++++++
>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.h               |  20 ++
>>>>>>  .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dts    |  79 +++++
>>>>>>  .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dts    |  53 ++++
>>>>>>  .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dts    |  53 ++++
>>>>>>  .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dts    |  53 ++++
>>>>>>  .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dts    |  53 ++++
>>>>>>  9 files changed, 661 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.h
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dts
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dts
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dts
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dts
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig
>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig index 5d0b4b7119af..3f83352a7313
>>>>>> 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig
>>>>
>>>> < snip >
>>>>
>>>>> becomes:
>>>>> 	ret = of_overlay_fdt_apply(dtb->begin, &ovcs_id);
>>>>>
>>>>> If my overlay patches do not exist, there are other small errors
>>>>> in the code block above.  I'll ignore them for the moment.
> 
> If you have time to not ignore them I'd appreciate your comments :-) I'd like 
> to get this patch series merged in v4.17, and for that I want to be prepared 
> to submit it on top of your overlay patches if they make it to mainline, or 
> without them if they don't.

< snip >

OK, I will.  I did the research to verify my memory, so I just need to type
it in.  I'll reply to an email several layers back in this thread that
I did not snip the code out of, so I can comment in line in the code.

-Frank