Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] video: ARM CLCD: Add DT support

On Tue, 2013-09-17 at 22:38 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:

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+Optional properties:
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+- arm,pl11x,framebuffer-base: a pair of two values, address and size,
+				defining the framebuffer to be used;
+				to be used only if it is *not*
+				part of normal memory, as described
+				in /memory node

If the framebuffer is part of /memory, what happens then? Is the address
not fixed (so the HW isn't yet set up) and hence a driver should
allocate it?

Yes, if it wants to display anything :-) And as this is a normal and
expected behaviour, I don't think it deserves a note in the
documentation. I'm open to any suggestions that would make the wording
above emphasize the "weirdness" of situations requiring the property.

Perhaps:

A pair of two values, address and size, defining the framebuffer to be
used. If not present, the framebuffer may be located anywhere in memory.

Works with me, thanks!

On Tue, 2013-09-17 at 22:34 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:

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On Tue, 2013-09-17 at 17:36 +0100, Pawel Moll wrote:

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On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 20:52 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:

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+- arm,pl11x,panel-data-pads: array of 24 cells, each of them describing
+				a function of one of the CLD pads,
+				starting from 0 up to 23; each pad can
+				be described by one of the following values:
+	- 0: reserved (not connected)
+	- 0x100-0x107: color upper STN panel data 0 to 7

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I assume those are the raw values that go into the HW?

No, they can be considered "labels", defining the way pads are used
(wired). Then, basing on this information, the driver is configuring the
cell, eg. selecting STN or TFT mode (thus switching the output between
panel formatter and raw RGB data source).

Oh, why not just use the raw values from the HW registers for this?

How do you mean? Based on the the way the "LCD data" lines are wired up,
the driver has to decide whether to select STN (LCDControl &= ~(1<<5))
or TFT mode (LCDControl |= 1<<5), then figures out what memory pixel
formats are possible (based on this will set LCDControl[3..1] in
runtime, depending on the mode selected by the user). There isn't a
separate register as such configuring output pads. It's just the way
they can used depends on the way they're wired up.

Paweł