[PATCH v3 08/15] dt-bindings: display: Document dual-link LVDS display common properties
Rob Herring
robh at kernel.org
Mon Oct 21 19:32:54 UTC 2024
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 04:19:52PM +0800, Liu Ying wrote:
> On 10/21/2024, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 02:44:39PM +0800, Liu Ying wrote:
> >> Dual-link LVDS displays receive odd pixels and even pixels separately from
> >> dual LVDS links. One link receives odd pixels and the other receives even
> >> pixels. Some of those displays may also use only one LVDS link to receive
> >> all pixels, being odd and even agnostic. Document common properties for
> >> those displays by extending LVDS display common properties defined in
> >> lvds.yaml.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Liu Ying <victor.liu at nxp.com>
> >> ---
> >> v3:
> >> * New patch. (Dmitry)
> >>
> >> .../bindings/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++
> >> 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)
> >> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..0ac4c06d0a17
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
> >> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> >> +%YAML 1.2
> >> +---
> >> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/lvds-dual-ports.yaml#
> >> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> >> +
> >> +title: Dual-link LVDS Display Common Properties
> >> +
> >> +maintainers:
> >> + - Liu Ying <victor.liu at nxp.com>
> >> +
> >> +description: |
> >> + This binding documents common properties for LVDS displays with dual LVDS
> >
> > s/This binding documents//
>
> Ack.
>
> >
> > But anyway there is a binding for common properties used in dual-link
> > panels: panel-common-dual. How is it different? Why this is not suitable
> > there? Why entirely different file name?
>
> This one references lvds.yaml, which allows data-mapping and data-mirror.
> They are not something common for dual-link panels.
>
> Also, this one is supposed to cover all dual-link LVDS displays including
> display panels and display bridges, while pane-common-dual.yaml is for
> panels only.
That's all fine, but refactor what is there, don't just duplicate
things.
If we have the same property name defined (with a type) in 2 or more
places, then that's a problem.
Rob
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