[PATCH v2 10/33] drm/modes: Add a function to generate analog display modes

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Maxime,

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:17 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:05:48AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > +   /* 63.556us * 13.5MHz = 858 pixels */
> >
> > I kind of get what the comment wants to tell me, but the units don't add up.
>
> I'm not sure how it doesn't add up?
>
> We have a frequency in Hz (equivalent to s^-1) and a duration in s, so
> the result ends up with no dimension, which is to be expected for a
> number of periods?

To make the units add up, it should be 13.5 Mpixel/s
(which is what a pixel clock of 13.5 MHz really means ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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