Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] dt-bindings: panel: Introduce dual-link LVDS panel

From: Tomi Valkeinen
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 07:39:11 EST


On 09/01/2023 18:21, Aradhya Bhatia wrote:
Hi Angelo,

Thanks for taking a look at the patches!

On 03-Jan-23 17:21, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
Il 03/01/23 07:46, Aradhya Bhatia ha scritto:
Dual-link LVDS interfaces have 2 links, with even pixels traveling on
one link, and odd pixels on the other. These panels are also generic in
nature, with no documented constraints, much like their single-link
counterparts, "panel-lvds".

Add a new compatible, "panel-dual-lvds", and a dt-binding document for
these panels.

Signed-off-by: Aradhya Bhatia <a-bhatia1@xxxxxx>
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  .../display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml        | 157 ++++++++++++++++++
  MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 +
  2 files changed, 158 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88a7aa2410be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/panel/panel-dual-lvds.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Generic Dual-Link LVDS Display Panel
+
+maintainers:
+  - Aradhya Bhatia <a-bhatia1@xxxxxx>
+  - Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+description: |
+  A dual-LVDS interface is a dual-link connection with the even pixels
+  traveling on one link, and the odd pixels traveling on the other.
+
+allOf:
+  - $ref: panel-common.yaml#
+  - $ref: /schemas/display/lvds.yaml/#
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    oneOf:
+      - items:
+          - enum:
+              - lincolntech,lcd185-101ct
+              - microtips,13-101hieb0hf0-s
+          - const: panel-dual-lvds
+      - const: panel-dual-lvds
+
+  ports:
+    $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
+
+    properties:
+      port@0:
+        $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/$defs/port-base
+        unevaluatedProperties: false
+        description: The sink for first set of LVDS pixels.
+
+        properties:
+          dual-lvds-odd-pixels:
+            type: boolean
+
+          dual-lvds-even-pixels:
+            type: boolean
+
+        oneOf:
+          - required: [dual-lvds-odd-pixels]

One question: why do we need a "panel-dual-lvds" compatible?
A Dual-LVDS panel is a LVDS panel using two ports, hence still a panel-lvds.

If you're doing this to clearly distinguish, for human readability purposes,
single-link vs dual-link panels, I think that this would still be clear even
if we use panel-lvds alone because dual-link panels, as you wrote in this
binding, does *require* two ports, with "dual-lvds-{odd,even}-pixels" properties.

Yes, while they are both LVDS based panels the extra LVDS sink in these
panels, and the capability to decode and display the 2 sets of signals
are enough hardware differences that warrant for an addition of a new
compatible.


So... the devicetree node would look like this:

panel {
     compatible = "vendor,panel", "panel-lvds";
     ....
     ports {
         port@0 {
             .....
             -> dual-lvds-odd-pixels <-
         }

         port@1 {
             .....
             -> dual-lvds-even-pixels <-
         };
     };
};

+          - required: [dual-lvds-even-pixels]

...Though, if you expect dual-lvds panels to get other quirks in the future,
that's a whole different story and you may actually need the panel-dual-lvds
compatible.

Yes, exactly. Even while being non-smart, there are going to be more
quirks in future. And it would be better if they have their own
compatible/binding, and are not getting appended in an ever-growing
if-else ladder. :)

I can imagine a panel which you can use with a single LVDS link if the clock is high enough, or two LVDS links if the clock has to be lower. Is that a dual-lvds panel? =)

But probably that situation is no different than a panel that can work with DSI or DPI input.

Still, I'm agree with Angelo in that a new compatible string for dual link lvds feels a bit odd. That said, it's possible the panel-lvds bindings might get rather confusing. So I don't have a strong feeling here.

Tomi