[PATCH v1 07/14] dt-bindings: lcdif: Do not require power-domains for i.MX6ULL

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Sebastian,

Am 13.02.24 um 00:10 schrieb Sebastian Reichel:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 08:20:35PM +0100, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>> Am 10.02.24 um 02:18 schrieb Sebastian Reichel:
>>> i.MX6UL(L) uses "fsl,imx6sx-lcdif" as fallback compatible string,
>>> but has only very lightweight DISPLAY power domain. Its DISPLAY
>>> power domain is not supported by the binding / Linux kernel at
>>> the moment. Since the current setup is working, let's remove the
>>> power-domain from being required for that platform to fix the warning
>>> printed by CHECK_DTBS=y.
>> i'm not sure this is a good idea. In case i.MX6UL(L) is different from
>> i.MX6SX here, then it should have a different compatible.
> It already has. The i.MX6UL(L) compatible looks like this:
>
> compatible = "fsl,imx6ul-lcdif", "fsl,imx6sx-lcdif"
>
> So the i.MX6SX one is just a fallback compatible. But the current
> requirement for power-domains affects i.MX6UL(L), since it says
> the compatible only needs to contain "fsl,imx6sx-lcdif" somewhere
> to make power-domains mandatory.
thanks, i misunderstood the commit message. I thought this was a
i.MX6UL(L) specific issue and the i.MX6SX is slightly different. In the
past the fallback compatible was sometimes abused.

So everything makes sense now.
> Note, that the kernel driver does not use "fsl,imx6ul-lcdif", so
> the hardware itself is indeed compatible.
>
> -- Sebastian
>
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