Re: [PATCHv6 1/3] ARM:dt-bindings Intel FPGA Video and Image Processing Suite

["Ong, Hean Loong" <hean.loong.ong@intel.com>]

Hi Laurent,

On Mon, 2017-08-28 at 13:06 +0800, Ong, Hean Loong wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> On Thu, 2017-08-24 at 12:39 +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Hean Loong,
> > 
> > On Thursday, 24 August 2017 08:41:50 EEST Ong, Hean Loong wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Laurent,
> > > 
> > > I removed the examples for the HDMI in the draft below. The
> > > connections
> > > between the VIP and Display Port IP or any display connector are
> > > determined by HW logic. There are currently no SW defined
> > > encoders
> > > or
> > > connectors that is connected to the AVALON-ST other than the
> > > Intel
> > > VIP
> > > Frame Buffer II. Therefore there are no examples for the Display
> > > Port
> > > encoder and connector.
> > But there must be an encoder, even if its default configuration
> > makes
> > it 
> > usable without a softwarer driver at the moment. As the encoder is
> > there in 
> > hardware, it should be described in DT.
> > 
> I attach some links regarding the simple example designs for the
> Display Port IP
> 
> The link below has a example design of how the VIP is built along
> with
> the Display Port IP 
> into the FPGA connected to the DDR RAM accessed by ARM or any
> controller. Please look at the
> Introduction section of the link below
> http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/DisplayPort_Design_Example_14.0_(RX_an
> d_
> TX)#DisplayPort_IP_Core
> 
> The proposed design in the link above and the design we are
> implementing are almost the same (FPGA part)
> That the Intel(Altera) FPGA VIP is the sole interface for the ARM
> controller to connect to via memory mapping
> on the DDR
> 
> Please go to Source Functional Description section in the PDF below.
> It
> has information
> on how the encoder is built for the FPGA design of the Display Port
> https://www.altera.com/ja_JP/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_displayport.pdf
> 
> More information on the Display Port IP encoder could be found in the
> link below.
> The Tx Transceiver interface has some information on how the source
> clocks works in
> the FPGA tranceiver
> https://www.altera.com/documentation/hco1410462777019.html#hco1410462
> 32
> 3311

Would the information provided in the above links suffice to explain
the relationship between DDR, VIP and Display Port IP ?

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