[linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 4/6] dt-bindings: display: bridge: Add ICN6211 MIPI-DSI to RGB convertor bridge

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:58 AM Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 7:04 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 06:38:23PM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
> > > ICN6211 is MIPI-DSI/RGB converter bridge from chipone.
> > > It has a flexible configuration of MIPI DSI signal input
> > > and produce RGB565, RGB666, RGB888 output format.
> > >
> > > Add dt-bingings for it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
> > > ---
> > >  .../display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.txt        | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.txt
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.txt
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..7f13efd7ee7f
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> > > +Chipone ICN6211 MIPI-DSI to RGB Convertor Bridge
> > > +
> > > +ICN6211 is MIPI-DSI/RGB converter bridge from chipone.
> > > +It has a flexible configuration of MIPI DSI signal input
> > > +and produce RGB565, RGB666, RGB888 output format.
> > > +
> > > +Required properties for RGB:
> > > +- compatible: must be "chipone,icn6211" and one of:
> > > +  * "bananapi,icn6211"
> >
> > Why is that compatible needed?
>
> chipone,icn6211 - generic compatible bridge controller IC
> bananapi,icn6211 -  compatible for icn6211 bridge using on bananapi panel
>
> I hope this would be proper bindings in terms of controller IC with
> associate device, anything wrong? Infact I used similar reference from
> Ilitek Bananapi panel from here
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/ilitek,ili9881c.txt
>
> This is what I understood based on dt-binding, correct if I'm wrong.
>
> ilitek,ili9881c - generic ilitek,ili9881c compatable
> bananapi,lhr050h41 - compatible for bananapi panel associated with
> this ilitek IC

ili9881c is an LCD driver chip with a MIPI DSI interface. It directly
drives the LCD panel, not outputting some RGB stuff. So it is a binding
and driver for a panel, not a bridge in your case.

> >
> > > +- reg: the virtual channel number of a DSI peripheral
> > > +- reset-gpios: a GPIO phandle for the reset pin
> > > +
> > > +The device node can contain following 'port' child nodes,
> > > +according to the OF graph bindings defined in [1]:
> > > +  0: DSI Input, not required, if the bridge is DSI controlled
> > > +  1: RGB Output, mandatory
> >
> > Your example doesn't have that input port
>
> Yes, I intentionally did this by referring existing bridge binding.
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc35876*.txt
>
> Do we really need? since the input port can be part of panel binding.

How could the input port of _your_ _bridge_ be part of the panel binding?

ChenYu