Hi Sam,
Sam Ravnborg sam@ravnborg.org wrote on Thu, 2 Jan 2020 18:27:00 +0100:
Hi Miquel
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 03:21:34PM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote:
The panel common bindings provide a gpios-reset property. Let's support it in the simple driver.
Two fields are added to the panel description structure: the time to assert the reset and the time to wait right after before starting to interact with it in any manner. In case these default values are not filled but the GPIO is present in the DT, default values are applied.
Wehn we discussed this the last time you wrote:
""" my hardware is:
LVDS IP <----------> LVDS to RGB bridge <------------> Panel
While there is a simple "RGB to LVDS" bridge driver, there is none doing the work the other way around. In my case, the bridge has a reset pin.
As until now there is no way to represent the "LVDS to RGB" bridge and because the bindings already document such reset pin, I decided to add support for it in the simple panel driver. """
Based on the information provided it seems that the correct way is to add a "LVDS to RGB bridge" and then let the bridge handle the reset functionality.
This I agree, but we are talking about my current situation.
It is obviously much more code to do it this way but then other panels using the same type of brigde have the same functionality without adding bridge functionality to the panel.
This, I do not fully agree as bindings for the panel reset already exist and we could have a reset on both: the bridge and the panel. I choose to use a wrong (private) DT representation because I am not willing to add an LVDS->RGB bridge: as you say, it is much more work to do. But, IMHO, this is not related to the patch. If you consider this patch wrong because a panel cannot have a reset, then it should be stated clearly and maybe removed from the bindings?
Anyway if you think this change can't be useful, let's put it aside.
Thanks for your time, Miquèl