Re: [PATCH v7 02/10] drm: bridge: samsung-dsim: Lookup OF-graph or Child node devices

From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: Jagan Teki <jagan@amarulasolutions.com>,
	Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>,
	Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com>,
	Seung-Woo Kim <sw0312.kim@samsung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>,
	Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>,
	Fancy Fang <chen.fang@nxp.com>,
	Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com>,
	Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com>,
	Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>,
	Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@linaro.org>,
	Robert Foss <robert.foss@linaro.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai@amarulasolutions.com>
Cc: Matteo Lisi <matteo.lisi@engicam.com>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@nxp.com>,
	linux-amarula <linux-amarula@amarulasolutions.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 02/10] drm: bridge: samsung-dsim: Lookup OF-graph or Child node devices
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 23:48:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45f9065d-7257-1050-2664-5ad55d8c14ae@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221005151309.7278-3-jagan@amarulasolutions.com>

On 10/5/22 17:13, Jagan Teki wrote:
> The child devices in MIPI DSI can be binding with OF-graph
> and also via child nodes.
> 
> The OF-graph interface represents the child devices via
> remote and associated endpoint numbers like
> 
> dsi {
>     compatible = "fsl,imx8mm-mipi-dsim";
> 
>     ports {
> 	port@0 {
> 	     reg = <0>;
> 
> 	     dsi_in_lcdif: endpoint@0 {
> 		  reg = <0>;
> 		  remote-endpoint = <&lcdif_out_dsi>;
> 	     };
> 	};
> 
> 	port@1 {
> 	     reg = <1>;
> 
> 	     dsi_out_bridge: endpoint {
> 		  remote-endpoint = <&bridge_in_dsi>;
> 	     };
> 	};
> };
> 
> The child node interface represents the child devices via
> conventional child nodes on given DSI parent like
> 
> dsi {
>     compatible = "samsung,exynos5433-mipi-dsi";
> 
>     ports {
>          port@0 {
>               reg = <0>;
> 
>               dsi_to_mic: endpoint {
>                    remote-endpoint = <&mic_to_dsi>;
>               };
>          };
>     };
> 
>     panel@0 {
>          reg = <0>;
>     };
> };
> 
> As Samsung DSIM bridge is common DSI IP across all Exynos DSI
> and NXP i.MX8M host controllers, this patch adds support to
> lookup the child devices whether its bindings on the associated
> host represent OF-graph or child node interfaces.

This looks like a good candidate for common/helper code which can be 
reused by other similar drivers.

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