Hi Paul,
Am 05.08.2021 um 18:17 schrieb Paul Cercueil paul@crapouillou.net:
Hi Nikolaus and Laurent,
Le jeu., août 5 2021 at 18:07:20 +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller hns@goldelico.com a écrit :
Hi Laurent,
Am 05.08.2021 um 17:04 schrieb Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com: Hi Nikolaus, Thank you for the patch. On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:07:57PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
This patch attempts to convert the ingenic-dw-hdmi driver into a version that uses the component framework.
Why ? What problem would this solve ?
Well, it was suggested in a v1 we did post several months ago. I have not looked up by whom and do not exactly remember the reasons. We now simply thought that it is common style since dome dw-hdmi drivers make use of it but some others don't. And we got it working without. If it is not needed/requested by anyone, we can drop it from v3 (or add later).
I don't remember exactly TBH - the only reason to use a component is to have access to the main driver's "drm_device" structure. The IPU needs it for instance, to register planes; but I don't think this HDMI driver needs it as it registers a bridge.
Cheers, -Paul
Ok, fine! We'll drop it and don't waste time.
BR and thanks, NIkolaus