Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] drm: panel: nt36672a: Add support for novatek nt35596s panel

On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 09:19:48PM +0200, David Heidelberg via B4 Relay wrote:

From: Molly Sophia <redacted>

Novatek NT35596s is a generic DSI IC that drives command and video mode
panels.
Currently add support for the LCD panel from JDI connected with this IC,
as found on Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S phones.

Why are you adding it to the existing driver rather than adding a new
one?

Signed-off-by: Molly Sophia <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Arnaud Ferraris <redacted>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig                  |   7 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36672a.c | 225 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sumit Semwal [off-list ref]");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NOVATEK NT36672A based MIPI-DSI LCD panel driver");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Molly Sophia [off-list ref]");

??

+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NOVATEK NT36672A/NT35596S based MIPI-DSI LCD panel driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

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With best wishes
Dmitry