[PATCH v3 02/10] dt-bindings: display: bridge: thc63lvd1024: Document dual-link operation

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Kieran,

On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:15:06PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> On 28/05/2019 15:12, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The THC63LVD1024 LVDS decoder can operate in two modes, single-link or
> > dual-link. In dual-link mode both input ports are used to carry even-
> > and odd-numbered pixels separately. Document this in the DT bindings,
> > along with the related rules governing port and usage.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas at jmondi.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas at jmondi.org>
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt          | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt
> > index 37f0c04d5a28..d17d1e5820d7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt
> > @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Optional video port nodes:
> >  - port at 1: Second LVDS input port
> >  - port at 3: Second digital CMOS/TTL parallel output
> >  
> > +The device can operate in single-link mode or dual-link mode. In single-link
> > +mode, all pixels are received on port at 0, and port at 1 shall not contain any
> > +endpoint. In dual-link mode, even-numbered pixels are received on port at 0 and
> > +odd-numbered pixels on port at 1, and both port at 0 and port at 1 shall contain
> > +endpoints.
> > +
> 
> Your cover letter details 4 different modes of operation for this part.
> 
> Do you anticipate the other combinations {Single-in, dual-out; dual-in,
> dual-out} being supported? Perhaps that would be defined by the relevant
> endpoints being connected or not ?

I expect that someone might need those modes at some point, but I
haven't specified them on purpose, as I don't like writing DT bindings
that can't be tested. I however expoect that those additional modes can
be derived from the connected endpoints.

> You state that in dual-link mode, both port at 0, and port at 1 shall contain
> endpoints, so that implies that you only expect to support dual-in with
> the 'dual-link' property. If that is correct, should it be stated
> explicitly?

What do you mean by the 'dual-link' property ? The patch series defines
no such property.

> Otherwise,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
> 
> >  Example:
> >  --------
> >  

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart