[PATCH 3/7] dt-bindings: media: Document STM32MP25 VENC video encoder

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Mon Oct 9 07:28:41 PDT 2023


On 09/10/2023 16:24, Hugues FRUCHET wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> On 10/9/23 15:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 09/10/2023 15:49, Hugues FRUCHET wrote:
>>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>>
>>> On 10/5/23 21:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 04/10/2023 11:15, Hugues Fruchet wrote:
>>>>> Add STM32MP25 VENC video encoder bindings.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand why this binding is separate from video decoder.
>>>> Merge them.
>>> VDEC and VENC are two independent IPs with their own clock, reset,
>>> interrupt & register set, they have their own access to APB/AXI bus.
>>> Moreover future chipsets may embed only VENC or VDEC.
>>>
>>> Hoping that this clarifies the reason of two different bindings.
>>
>> No, it does not. These are no reasons to have independent bindings,
>> except when having actual impact on the bindings. The bindings look
>> identical. What are the differences?
> I'm sorry but I really don't understand your point, these are two 
> different IPs with very different registers in it, so why should
> I share that in a single binding ?

Because the binding is identical. If not, maybe I missed something, so
please point me to differences in the binding.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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