Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] drm/verisilicon: add DCUltraLite chip identity to HWDB

[Joey Lu <a0987203069@gmail.com>]

On 6/15/2026 4:57 PM, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> 在 2026-06-15一的 14:50 +0800，Joey Lu写道：
>> Register the Nuvoton MA35D1 DCUltraLite chip identity in
>> vs_chip_identities[]:
>>    model       = 0x0   (DCUltraLite; Verisilicon uses 0 for this IP)
>>    revision    = 0x5560
>>    customer_id = 0x305
>>    generation  = VSDC_GEN_DC8000
>>    display_count = 1
>>    max_cursor_size = 32
> I suggest make this more human-readable instead of replicating the
> machine-readable data of HWDB.
>
> My proposal here:
>
> ```
> The Nuvoton MA35D1 chip contains a DCUltraLite display controller with
> model number 0x0 (sic, the model name contains no number either),
> revision 0x5560 and customer ID 0x305. It has a similar register map
> with DC8000, only one display output and only 32x32 cursor supported.
> ```
Thanks. I will use your proposed wording for the commit message in v5
>> Placing this entry last makes it the gate that enables MA35D1
>> hardware
>> recognition only after all the supporting ops and DT binding changes
>> are
>> in place.
> It's a little ambiguous that "last" here means whether the last in the
> patchset or the last in the HWDB array, although I think it's not so
> needed to explain the reason of the place in the patchset.
>
> I propose just say `Adding it to the HWDB to enable it to be usable
> with the verisilicon driver.` .
I will simplify the placement sentence to "Adding it to the HWDB to 
enable it to be usable with the verisilicon driver." in v5.
>> Signed-off-by: Joey Lu <a0987203069@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_hwdb.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_hwdb.c
>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_hwdb.c
>> index 91524d16f778..7d630a667a3f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_hwdb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_hwdb.c
>> @@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ static struct vs_chip_identity
>> vs_chip_identities[] = {
>>   		.max_cursor_size = 64,
>>   		.formats = &vs_formats_no_yuv444,
>>   	},
>> +	{
>> +		.model = 0x0,		/* DCUltraLite */
>> +		.revision = 0x5560,
>> +		.customer_id = 0x305,
>> +
>> +		.generation = VSDC_GEN_DC8000,
>> +		.display_count = 1,
>> +		.max_cursor_size = 32,
>> +		.formats = &vs_formats_no_yuv444,
>> +	},
>>   };
>>   
>>   int vs_fill_chip_identity(struct regmap *regs,