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From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Andy Yan <andy.yan@rock-chips.com>,
	Archit Taneja <architt@codeaurora.org>,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>,
	Mark Yao <mark.yao@rock-chips.com>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>,
	Ulrich Hecht <ulrich.hecht@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Refactor hdmi_phy_configure resolution parameter
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:08:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161202160849.GF14217@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <33654692.3e443XGJfA@avalon>

On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 05:51:18PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On Friday 02 Dec 2016 14:18:08 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 01:43:26AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > From: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
> > > 
> > > The current code hard codes the call of hdmi_phy_configure() to be 8bpp
> > > and provides extraneous error checking to verify that this hardcoded
> > > value is correct.
> > > 
> > > Simplify the passing of the data by setting the parameter to be of the
> > > enum type it represents rather than converting and then verifying the
> > > value. This will allow the compiler to check the value is acceptable
> > > based on the type, and remove the dead code that we currently have.
> > 
> > I think you're expecting too much of the compiler there.  There's no
> > requirement for the compiler to check that an enum type is passed one
> > of it's defined values.
> 
> You're right.
> 
> Given that the current driver hardcodes the resolution value to 8bpp, how 
> about just dropping the argument ? We can always add it back later if/when 
> needed.

Definitely - there's no point having features in the driver which no one
uses.

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-12-02 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-01 23:43 [PATCH 00/22] R-Car Gen3 HDMI output support Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 01/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Merge __hdmi_phy_i2c_write and hdmi_phy_i2c_write Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 02/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Remove unneeded arguments to bind/unbind functions Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 03/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Remove unused function parameter Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 04/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Embed drm_bridge in struct dw_hdmi Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 05/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Remove encoder field from " Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 06/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Don't forward HPD events to DRM core before attach Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 07/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Move IRQ and IO resource allocation to common code Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 08/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Reorder functions to prepare for next commit Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 09/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Create connector in the bridge attach operation Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 10/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Implement DRM bridge registration Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 11/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Refactor hdmi_phy_configure resolution parameter Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 14:18   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-12-02 15:51     ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 16:08       ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2016-12-05  7:53     ` Kieran Bingham
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 12/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Abstract the platform PHY configuration Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 11:15   ` Jose Abreu
2016-12-02 14:09     ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 13/22] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Replace device type with platform quirks Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 14:24   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-12-02 15:43     ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 16:08       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-12-02 16:45         ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-05 11:51           ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-05 10:50       ` Jose Abreu
2016-12-05 11:32         ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-05 12:31           ` Jose Abreu
2016-12-05 12:44             ` Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 14/22] dt-bindings: display: dw-hdmi: Clean up DT bindings documentation Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-06 21:15   ` Rob Herring
2016-12-07  9:53     ` Laurent Pinchart
     [not found] ` <1480635817-1258-1-git-send-email-laurent.pinchart+renesas-ryLnwIuWjnjg/C1BVhZhaw@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-01 23:43   ` [PATCH 15/22] dt-bindings: display: renesas: Add R-Car Gen3 HDMI TX DT bindings Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-06 21:18     ` Rob Herring
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 16/22] drm: rcar-du: Add Gen3 HDMI encoder support Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 17/22] drm: rcar-du: Skip disabled outputs Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 18/22] drm: rcar-du: Add DPLL support Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 19/22] drm: rcar-du: Add HDMI outputs to R8A7795 device description Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 20/22] arm64: dts: r8a7795: Add HDMI encoder support Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 21/22] arm64: dts: r8a7795: salvator-x: Enable HDMI outputs Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-01 23:43 ` [PATCH 22/22] arm64: dts: r8a7795: salvator-x: Add DU1 and DU2 external dot clocks Laurent Pinchart
2016-12-02 11:11 ` [PATCH 00/22] R-Car Gen3 HDMI output support Jose Abreu

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