Re: [PATCH v8 2/6] video: add of helper for videomode

Mitch Bradley
2012-11-13T18:13:59Z

On 11/13/2012 7:51 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:46:53AM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 11/13/2012 04:08 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 04:37:02PM +0100, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
>>>> This adds support for reading display timings from DT or/and
>>>> convert one of those timings to a videomode. The
>>>> of_display_timing implementation supports multiple children where
>>>> each property can have up to 3 values. All children are read into
>>>> an array, that can be queried. of_get_videomode converts exactly
>>>> one of that timings to a struct videomode.
>>
>>>> diff --git
>>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
>>
>>>> + - clock-frequency: displayclock in Hz
>>>
>>> "display clock"?
>>
>> I /think/ I had suggested naming this clock-frequency before so that
>> the property name would be more standardized; other bindings use that
>> same name. But I'm not too attached to the name I guess.
>
> That's not what I meant. I think "displayclock" should be two words in
> the description of the property. The property name is fine.

Given that modern display engines often have numerous clocks, perhaps it
would be better to use a more specific name, like for example "pixel-clock".

>
> Thierry
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