[PATCH 6/6] video: fb: vt8500: Convert framebuffer drivers to standardized binding
Tony Prisk
linux at prisktech.co.nz
Thu Mar 28 01:04:41 EDT 2013
On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 13:10 +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2013-03-27 10:47, Tony Prisk wrote:
> > Now that a display timing binding is available, convert our almost identical
> > binding to use the standard binding.
> >
> > This patch converts the vt8500 and wm8505 framebuffer drivers and
> > associated dts/dtsi files to use the standard binding as defined in
> > bindings/video/display-timing.txt.
> >
> > There are two side-effects of making this conversion:
> >
> > 1) The fb node should now be in the board file, rather than the soc file as
> > the display-timing node is a child of the fb node.
> >
> > 2) We still require a bits per pixel property to initialize the framebuffer
> > for the different lcd panels. Rather than including this as part of the
> > display timing, it is moved into the framebuffer node.
> >
> > I have also taken the opportunity to alphabetise the includes of each
> > driver to avoid double-ups.
>
> I don't think this is correct. I don't have that much experience with
> DT, but I think you should have, for example:
>
> wm8850.dtsi:
>
> fb: fb at d8051700 {
> compatible = "wm,wm8505-fb";
> reg = <0xd8051700 0x200>;
> };
>
> wm8850-w70v2.dts:
>
> &fb {
> bits-per-pixel = <16>;
>
> display-timings {
> native-mode = <&timing0>;
> timing0: 800x480 {
> clock-frequency = <0>;
> ...
> };
> };
> };
>
> So, the core fb part should be in the SoC's file, as it's part of the
> SoC. And the stuff that tells what kind of display is attached is in the
> board dts file.
>
> Also, just a word of warning, I think the videomode series I've sent for
> review will cause some breakage with this series if the videomode series
> is accepted. Nothing difficult to fix, though, but we'll need some extra
> management to avoid compilation failures.
>
> Tomi
>
>
Thanks for the feedback and the heads-up.
I believe you are correct about the DT info - it looks right when
described the way you did, so I have changed it.
If there is no other feedback, I will post a version 2 after Easter.
Regards
Tony P
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