Re: [PATCH V4 2/3] drm/panel: Add Samsung AMS495QA01 MIPI-DSI LCD panel

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>]

On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 11:18 AM Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> wrote:

> Though in past projects I've seen the same display-controller used with
> different panels (and different dsi-init-sequences). In one project the
> display manufacturer even EOL'ed the first panel and provided a replacement
> with said same display controller (and a different init) - but the
> datasheets for the display-controller were for the same chip still.
>
> So while in my experience the actual display name from the manufacturer
> identifies the display + controller combo, I don't really think you can
> go the other way with the controller name identifying the display+controller
> combination.

I don't mean we should do that.

What I mean is:

- Name the driver after the controller, if we know which one it is,
  such as panel-novatek-nt35510.c

- Provide identifications of the controller+panel combo in e.g.
  DT compatible strings, provide init data as arrays in the per-variant
  match data (or similar for ACPI).

Yours,
Linus Walleij