[PATCH v1 4/4] drm/panel: ili9806e: Break some CMDS into helper functions

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM cong yang
<yangcong5 at huaqin.corp-partner.google.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Michael Walle <mwalle at kernel.org> 于2024年7月11日周四 03:38写道：
> >
> > On Wed Jul 10, 2024 at 9:12 PM CEST, Doug Anderson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 2:02 AM Michael Walle <mwalle at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed Jul 10, 2024 at 10:47 AM CEST, Cong Yang wrote:
> > > > > Break select page cmds into helper function.
> > > >
> > > > Why though? I don't find that anything easier to read. In fact, I
> > > > deliberately chose not to factor that out into a function. It's just
> > > > a sequence of magic commands, taken straight from the datasheet. So,
> > > > I'd like to keep it that way.
> > >
> > > The consensus of previous discussion on the lists was that folks
> > > agreed that we should, where possible, make it more obvious what these
> > > magic sequences of commands were doing. IMO separating out the page
> > > switch command helps. Certainly I'm always happy to hear other
> > > opinions, though.
> >
> > Fair enough, but in that case, one should take the datasheet (which
> > you can find online) and replace all the magic numbers with the
> > correct command names from it. E.g. 0xff is the ENEXTC register. To
> > be clear, I'm not just talking about the "switch page command".
> >
> > As patch stands, I don't see much value, TBH. On the contrary, you
> > make it harder to compare it with the Ortustech panel datasheet.
> >
> > just my 2c,
> > -michael
>
> If all drivers replace all the magic numbers with the correct command names,
> it will be a huge amount of work (assuming that the datasheet can be found).
>  I am afraid I don't have enough time to complete it.  Thanks.

Makes sense. I'd be interested in hearing the opinion of others in the
DRM community about whether they'd prefer to land something long this
patch as-is or drop it.

-Doug