[PATCH v9 3/4] arm/dts/ls1021a: Add DCU dts node

Wang J.W. Jianwei.Wang at freescale.com
Thu Jul 16 22:06:38 PDT 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thierry Reding [mailto:thierry.reding at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7:00 PM
> To: Wang Jianwei-B52261
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; linux-
> arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; devicetree at vger.kernel.org;
> airlied at linux.ie; daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch; mark.yao at rock-chips.com; Wood
> Scott-B07421; Wang Huan-B18965; Xiubo Li; Wang Jianwei-B52261
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/4] arm/dts/ls1021a: Add DCU dts node
> 
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 06:51:31PM +0800, Jianwei Wang wrote:
> > Add DCU node, DCU is a display controller of Freescale named 2D-ACE.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alison Wang <b18965 at freescale.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <lixiubo at cmss.chinamobile.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jianwei Wang <b52261 at freescale.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Alison Wang <alison.wang at freescale.com>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl,dcu.txt      | 20
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> >  MAINTAINERS                                          |  1 +
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi                       | 10 ++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl,dcu.txt
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl,dcu.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl,dcu.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..eb61ea5
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl,dcu.txt
> 
> That's not the proper location for this file. DRM is a Linux-specific
> subsystem and hence shouldn't be used in anything devicetree-related.
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video would be a better location.
> 
> Yes, I know other DRM drivers put their binding in the drm subdirectory
> but that just makes them equally wrong. I'll make a note to move these
> around at some point.
> 

Ok!

> Also the binding really belongs in the same patch as the driver, or a
> separate patch altogether.
> 
 
Ok!


> And, no need for the extra fsl-dcu subdirectory if you have only a single
> document in it.
> 
 
Ok


> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +Device Tree bindings for Freescale DCU DRM Driver
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible:           Should be one of
> > +	* "fsl,ls1021a-dcu".
> > +	* "fsl,vf610-dcu".
> > +- reg:                  Address and length of the register set for dcu.
> > +- clocks:               From common clock binding: handle to dcu clock.
> > +- clock-names:          From common clock binding: Shall be "dcu".
> > +- panel:		The phandle to panel node.
> 
> This isn't a standard property and hence should be prefixed by the vendor
> prefix. That is: "fsl,panel".
> 
> Also the above uses a weird mix of spaces and tabs for padding. Please be
> more consistent.
> 
 
Ok


> > +
> > +Examples:
> > +dcu: dcu at 2ce0000 {
> > +	compatible = "fsl,ls1021a-dcu";
> > +	reg = <0x0 0x2ce0000 0x0 0x10000>;
> > +	clocks = <&platform_clk 0>;
> > +	clock-names = "dcu";
> > +	big-endian;
> 
> This property isn't mentioned above. I know it's pretty obvious what it
> does, but might still be worth briefly describing what it is. I'm also
> wondering if that's not something that could be inferred from the
> compatible string.
> 
 
OK!
Different SoCs maybe different endian.
For example, on some powerpc SoC, DCU is little endian

Thanks
Jianwei

> > +	panel = <&panel>;
> > +};
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index e191ded..fffb8c9 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -3410,6 +3410,7 @@ M:	Alison Wang <alison.wang at freescale.com>
> >  L:	dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> >  S:	Supported
> >  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/
> > +F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/fsl-dcu/
> 
> You might want to shuffle around some of these hunks, so that this
> particular hunk is included in the driver patch along with the binding and
> the panel patch doesn't remove it only for it to be readded here.
> 
> Thierry
> 
> >  F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/panel/nec,nl4827hc19_05b.txt
> >
> >  DRM DRIVERS FOR NVIDIA TEGRA
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi index c70bb27..6d6e3e2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ls1021a.dtsi
> > @@ -383,6 +383,16 @@
> >  				 <&platform_clk 1>;
> >  		};
> >
> > +		dcu: dcu at 2ce0000 {
> > +			compatible = "fsl,ls1021a-dcu";
> > +			reg = <0x0 0x2ce0000 0x0 0x10000>;
> > +			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 172 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > +			clocks = <&platform_clk 0>;
> > +			clock-names = "dcu";
> > +			big-endian;
> > +			status = "disabled";
> > +		};
> > +
> >  		mdio0: mdio at 2d24000 {
> >  			compatible = "gianfar";
> >  			device_type = "mdio";
> > --
> > 2.1.0.27.g96db324
> >



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