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[v3,1/6] dt-bindings: Clarify timing subnode use as panel-timing

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Sean Paul Feb. 8, 2018, 5:48 p.m. UTC
Add a note in the documentation explaining when it's appropriate to use
the display-timings subnode on its own, as well as the preferred name to
use (panel-timing).

Changes in v3:
 - Added

Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
Cc: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
Cc: Jeffy Chen <jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: Stéphane Marchesin <marcheu@chromium.org>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Rob Herring Feb. 8, 2018, 6:43 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org> wrote:
> Add a note in the documentation explaining when it's appropriate to use
> the display-timings subnode on its own, as well as the preferred name to
> use (panel-timing).
>
> Changes in v3:
>  - Added
>
> Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
> Cc: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
> Cc: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
> Cc: Jeffy Chen <jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Stéphane Marchesin <marcheu@chromium.org>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Thierry Reding Feb. 19, 2018, 2:59 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 12:48:48PM -0500, Sean Paul wrote:
> Add a note in the documentation explaining when it's appropriate to use
> the display-timings subnode on its own, as well as the preferred name to
> use (panel-timing).

panel-timing seems rather redundant, but I guess that's the de facto
standard, so:

Acked-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt
index 58fa3e48481d..78222ced1874 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@  The parameters are defined as:
   |          |        v                            |          |       |
   +----------+-------------------------------------+----------+-------+
 
+Note: In addition to being used as subnode(s) of display-timings, the timing
+      subnode may also be used on its own. This is appropriate if only one mode
+      need be conveyed. In this case, the node should be named 'panel-timing'.
+
+
 Example:
 
 	display-timings {