[PATCH] drm/bridge/analogix/anx78xx: Extend match data support for ID table

[Biju Das]

Hi Andy Shevchenko,

> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge/analogix/anx78xx: Extend match data support
> for ID table
> 
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 9:39 PM Doug Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 10:10 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > No. Please, do not remove the I2C ID table. It had already been
> > > > discussed a few years ago.
> > > >
> > > > > Yes, it make sense, as it saves some memory
> > >
> > > Okay, reading code a bit, it seems that it won't work with purely
> > > i2c ID matching.
> >
> > OK, so you are in agreement that it would be OK to drop the I2C ID table?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > > So the question here is "Do we want to allow enumeration via sysfs or
> not?"
> >
> > Is there some pressing need for it? If not, I guess I'd tend to wait
> > until someone needs this support before adding it.
> 
> Depends. Is this device anyhow useful IRL as standalone if instantiated via
> sysfs? I think it may be not, so it's unlikely we want to have sysfs option
> for it.

Sysfs option will match against ID table or OF table?

ID table, means it will crash. OF table means it works ok
as it has proper matching support.

Cheers,
Biju