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[v7,2/8] of: add helper to parse display timings

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Steffen Trumtrar Oct. 31, 2012, 9:28 a.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt  |  139 +++++++++++++++
 drivers/of/Kconfig                                 |    6 +
 drivers/of/Makefile                                |    1 +
 drivers/of/of_display_timings.c                    |  185 ++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/of_display_timings.h                 |   20 +++
 5 files changed, 351 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
 create mode 100644 drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
 create mode 100644 include/linux/of_display_timings.h

Comments

Stephen Warren Nov. 1, 2012, 5:52 p.m. UTC | #1
On 10/31/2012 03:28 AM, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:

Patch description? The patch defines the DT binding as well, which isn't
mentioned in the patch subject.

> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..04c94a3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt

> +Usage in backend
> +================

Everything before this point in the binding docs looks reasonable to me.
Everything after this point is Linux-specific/internal implementation
detail, and hence shouldn't be in the binding document.

I only read the DT binding.

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Thierry Reding Nov. 1, 2012, 8:15 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:28:02AM +0100, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
[...]
> @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
> +display-timings bindings
> +==================
> +
> +display-timings-node
> +------------

Maybe extend the underline to the length of the section and subsection
titles respectively?

> +struct display_timing
> +===================

Same here.

> +config OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS
> +	def_bool y
> +	depends on DISPLAY_TIMING

Maybe this should be called OF_DISPLAY_TIMING to match DISPLAY_TIMING,
or rename DISPLAY_TIMING to DISPLAY_TIMINGS for the sake of consistency?

> +/**
> + * of_get_display_timing_list - parse all display_timing entries from a device_node
> + * @np: device_node with the subnodes
> + **/
> +struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np)

Perhaps this would better be named of_get_display_timings() to match the
return type?

> +	disp = kzalloc(sizeof(*disp), GFP_KERNEL);

Shouldn't you be checking this for allocation failures?

> +	disp->timings = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_timing *)*disp->num_timings,
> +				GFP_KERNEL);

Same here.

Thierry
Leela Krishna Amudala Nov. 2, 2012, 5:19 p.m. UTC | #3
Hello Steffen,

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Steffen Trumtrar
<s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt  |  139 +++++++++++++++
>  drivers/of/Kconfig                                 |    6 +
>  drivers/of/Makefile                                |    1 +
>  drivers/of/of_display_timings.c                    |  185 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/of_display_timings.h                 |   20 +++
>  5 files changed, 351 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/of_display_timings.h
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..04c94a3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
> +display-timings bindings
> +==================
> +
> +display-timings-node
> +------------
> +
> +required properties:
> + - none
> +
> +optional properties:
> + - native-mode: the native mode for the display, in case multiple modes are
> +               provided. When omitted, assume the first node is the native.
> +
> +timings-subnode
> +---------------
> +
> +required properties:
> + - hactive, vactive: Display resolution
> + - hfront-porch, hback-porch, hsync-len: Horizontal Display timing parameters
> +   in pixels
> +   vfront-porch, vback-porch, vsync-len: Vertical display timing parameters in
> +   lines
> + - clock-frequency: displayclock in Hz
> +
> +optional properties:
> + - hsync-active : Hsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
> + - vsync-active : Vsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
> + - de-active : Data-Enable pulse is active low/high/ignored
> + - pixelclk-inverted : pixelclock is inverted/non-inverted/ignored
> + - interlaced (bool)
> + - doublescan (bool)
> +
> +All the optional properties that are not bool follow the following logic:
> +    <1> : high active
> +    <0> : low active
> +    omitted : not used on hardware
> +
> +There are different ways of describing the capabilities of a display. The devicetree
> +representation corresponds to the one commonly found in datasheets for displays.
> +If a display supports multiple signal timings, the native-mode can be specified.
> +
> +The parameters are defined as
> +
> +struct display_timing
> +===================
> +
> +  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  |          |                |vback_porch                 |          |       |
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  +----------###############################################----------+-------+
> +  |          #                ?                            #          |       |
> +  |          #                |                            #          |       |
> +  |  hback   #                |                            #  hfront  | hsync |
> +  |   porch  #                |       hactive              #  porch   |  len  |
> +  |<-------->#<---------------+--------------------------->#<-------->|<----->|
> +  |          #                |                            #          |       |
> +  |          #                |vactive                     #          |       |
> +  |          #                |                            #          |       |
> +  |          #                ?                            #          |       |
> +  +----------###############################################----------+-------+
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  |          |                |vfront_porch                |          |       |
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  |          |                |vsync_len                   |          |       |
> +  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
> +  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
> +
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +       display-timings {
> +               native-mode = <&timing0>;
> +               timing0: 1920p24 {
> +                       /* 1920x1080p24 */
> +                       clock = <52000000>;
> +                       hactive = <1920>;
> +                       vactive = <1080>;
> +                       hfront-porch = <25>;
> +                       hback-porch = <25>;
> +                       hsync-len = <25>;
> +                       vback-porch = <2>;
> +                       vfront-porch = <2>;
> +                       vsync-len = <2>;
> +                       hsync-active = <1>;
> +               };
> +       };
> +
> +Every required property also supports the use of ranges, so the commonly used
> +datasheet description with <min typ max>-tuples can be used.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +       timing1: timing {
> +               /* 1920x1080p24 */
> +               clock = <148500000>;
> +               hactive = <1920>;
> +               vactive = <1080>;
> +               hsync-len = <0 44 60>;
> +               hfront-porch = <80 88 95>;
> +               hback-porch = <100 148 160>;
> +               vfront-porch = <0 4 6>;
> +               vback-porch = <0 36 50>;
> +               vsync-len = <0 5 6>;
> +       };
> +
> +
> +Usage in backend
> +================
> +
> +A backend driver may choose to use the display-timings directly and convert the timing
> +ranges to a suitable mode. Or it may just use the conversion of the display timings
> +to the required mode via the generic videomode struct.
> +
> +                                       dtb
> +                                        |
> +                                        |  of_get_display_timing_list
> +                                        ?
> +                             struct display_timings
> +                                        |
> +                                        |  videomode_from_timing
> +                                        ?
> +                           ---  struct videomode ---
> +                           |                       |
> + videomode_to_displaymode   |                      |   videomode_to_fb_videomode
> +                           ?                       ?
> +                    drm_display_mode         fb_videomode
> +
> +The functions of_get_fb_videomode and of_get_display_mode are provided
> +to conveniently get the respective mode representation from the devicetree.
> +
> +Conversion to videomode
> +=======================
> +
> +As device drivers normally work with some kind of video mode, the timings can be
> +converted (may be just a simple copying of the typical value) to a generic videomode
> +structure which then can be converted to the according mode used by the backend.
> diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
> index dfba3e6..781e773 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
> @@ -83,4 +83,10 @@ config OF_MTD
>         depends on MTD
>         def_bool y
>
> +config OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS
> +       def_bool y
> +       depends on DISPLAY_TIMING
> +       help
> +         helper to parse display timings from the devicetree
> +
>  endmenu # OF
> diff --git a/drivers/of/Makefile b/drivers/of/Makefile
> index e027f44..c8e9603 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/of/Makefile
> @@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_OF_MDIO) += of_mdio.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_OF_PCI)   += of_pci.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_OF_PCI_IRQ)  += of_pci_irq.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_OF_MTD)   += of_mtd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS) += of_display_timings.o
> diff --git a/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c b/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..388fe4c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
> +/*
> + * OF helpers for parsing display timings
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
> + *
> + * based on of_videomode.c by Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> + *
> + * This file is released under the GPLv2
> + */
> +#include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/of_display_timings.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * parse_property - parse timing_entry from device_node
> + * @np: device_node with the property
> + * @name: name of the property
> + * @result: will be set to the return value
> + *
> + * DESCRIPTION:
> + * Every display_timing can be specified with either just the typical value or
> + * a range consisting of min/typ/max. This function helps handling this
> + **/
> +static int parse_property(struct device_node *np, char *name,
> +                               struct timing_entry *result)
> +{
> +       struct property *prop;
> +       int length;
> +       int cells;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       prop = of_find_property(np, name, &length);
> +       if (!prop) {
> +               pr_err("%s: could not find property %s\n", __func__, name);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +
> +       cells = length / sizeof(u32);
> +       if (cells == 1) {
> +               ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->typ, cells);

As you are reading only one vaue, you can use of_property_read_u32 instead.

> +               result->min = result->typ;
> +               result->max = result->typ;
> +       } else if (cells == 3) {
> +               ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->min, cells);

You are considering only min element, what about typ and max elements?

> +       } else {
> +               pr_err("%s: illegal timing specification in %s\n", __func__, name);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * of_get_display_timing - parse display_timing entry from device_node
> + * @np: device_node with the properties
> + **/
> +struct display_timing *of_get_display_timing(struct device_node *np)
> +{
> +       struct display_timing *dt;
> +       int ret = 0;
> +
> +       dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!dt) {
> +               pr_err("%s: could not allocate display_timing struct\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "hback-porch", &dt->hback_porch);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "hfront-porch", &dt->hfront_porch);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "hactive", &dt->hactive);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "hsync-len", &dt->hsync_len);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "vback-porch", &dt->vback_porch);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "vfront-porch", &dt->vfront_porch);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "vactive", &dt->vactive);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "vsync-len", &dt->vsync_len);
> +       ret |= parse_property(np, "clock-frequency", &dt->pixelclock);
> +
> +       of_property_read_u32(np, "vsync-active", &dt->vsync_pol_active);
> +       of_property_read_u32(np, "hsync-active", &dt->hsync_pol_active);
> +       of_property_read_u32(np, "de-active", &dt->de_pol_active);
> +       of_property_read_u32(np, "pixelclk-inverted", &dt->pixelclk_pol);
> +       dt->interlaced = of_property_read_bool(np, "interlaced");
> +       dt->doublescan = of_property_read_bool(np, "doublescan");
> +
> +       if (ret) {
> +               pr_err("%s: error reading timing properties\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +
> +       return dt;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_display_timing);
> +
> +/**
> + * of_get_display_timing_list - parse all display_timing entries from a device_node
> + * @np: device_node with the subnodes
> + **/
> +struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np)
> +{
> +       struct device_node *timings_np;
> +       struct device_node *entry;
> +       struct device_node *native_mode;
> +       struct display_timings *disp;
> +
> +       if (!np) {
> +               pr_err("%s: no devicenode given\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +
> +       timings_np = of_find_node_by_name(np, "display-timings");
> +       if (!timings_np) {
> +               pr_err("%s: could not find display-timings node\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +
> +       disp = kzalloc(sizeof(*disp), GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> +       entry = of_parse_phandle(timings_np, "native-mode", 0);
> +       /* assume first child as native mode if none provided */
> +       if (!entry)
> +               entry = of_get_next_child(np, NULL);
> +       if (!entry) {
> +               pr_err("%s: no timing specifications given\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +
> +       pr_info("%s: using %s as default timing\n", __func__, entry->name);
> +
> +       native_mode = entry;
> +
> +       disp->num_timings = of_get_child_count(timings_np);
> +       disp->timings = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_timing *)*disp->num_timings,
> +                               GFP_KERNEL);
> +       disp->num_timings = 0;
> +       disp->native_mode = 0;
> +
> +       for_each_child_of_node(timings_np, entry) {
> +               struct display_timing *dt;
> +
> +               dt = of_get_display_timing(entry);
> +               if (!dt) {
> +                       /* to not encourage wrong devicetrees, fail in case of an error */
> +                       pr_err("%s: error in timing %d\n", __func__, disp->num_timings+1);
> +                       return NULL;
> +               }
> +
> +               if (native_mode == entry)
> +                       disp->native_mode = disp->num_timings;
> +
> +               disp->timings[disp->num_timings] = dt;
> +               disp->num_timings++;
> +       }
> +       of_node_put(timings_np);
> +
> +       if (disp->num_timings > 0)
> +               pr_info("%s: got %d timings. Using timing #%d as default\n", __func__,
> +                       disp->num_timings , disp->native_mode + 1);
> +       else {
> +               pr_err("%s: no valid timings specified\n", __func__);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
> +       return disp;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_display_timing_list);
> +
> +/**
> + * of_display_timings_exists - check if a display-timings node is provided
> + * @np: device_node with the timing
> + **/
> +int of_display_timings_exists(struct device_node *np)
> +{
> +       struct device_node *timings_np;
> +       struct device_node *default_np;
> +
> +       if (!np)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       timings_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "display-timings", 0);
> +       if (!timings_np)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       return -EINVAL;

Here it should return success instead of -EINVAL.

And one query.. are the binding properties names and "display-timings"
node structure template  finalized..?

Best Wishes,
Leela Krishna Amudala.

> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_display_timings_exists);
> diff --git a/include/linux/of_display_timings.h b/include/linux/of_display_timings.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e4e1f22
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/of_display_timings.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
> + *
> + * display timings of helpers
> + *
> + * This file is released under the GPLv2
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS_H
> +#define __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS_H
> +
> +#include <linux/display_timing.h>
> +
> +#define OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE -1
> +
> +struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np);
> +struct display_timing *of_get_display_timing(struct device_node *np);
> +int of_display_timings_exists(struct device_node *np);
> +
> +#endif
> --
> 1.7.10.4
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Steffen Trumtrar Nov. 4, 2012, 5:10 p.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 09:15:10PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:28:02AM +0100, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
> [...]
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
> [...]
> > @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
> > +display-timings bindings
> > +==================
> > +
> > +display-timings-node
> > +------------
> 
> Maybe extend the underline to the length of the section and subsection
> titles respectively?
> 
> > +struct display_timing
> > +===================
> 
> Same here.
> 
> > +config OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS
> > +	def_bool y
> > +	depends on DISPLAY_TIMING
> 
> Maybe this should be called OF_DISPLAY_TIMING to match DISPLAY_TIMING,
> or rename DISPLAY_TIMING to DISPLAY_TIMINGS for the sake of consistency?
> 

Yes, to all three above.

> > +/**
> > + * of_get_display_timing_list - parse all display_timing entries from a device_node
> > + * @np: device_node with the subnodes
> > + **/
> > +struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np)
> 
> Perhaps this would better be named of_get_display_timings() to match the
> return type?
> 

Hm, I'm not really sure about that. I found it to error prone, to have a function
of_get_display_timing and of_get_display_timings. That's why I chose
of_get_display_timing_list. But you are correct, that it doesn't match the return
value. Maybe I should just make the first function static and change the name as you
suggested.

> > +	disp = kzalloc(sizeof(*disp), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Shouldn't you be checking this for allocation failures?
> 
> > +	disp->timings = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_timing *)*disp->num_timings,
> > +				GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Same here.
> 

Yes, to both.

Regards,
Steffen
Steffen Trumtrar Nov. 4, 2012, 5:23 p.m. UTC | #5
Hi!

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 10:49:47PM +0530, Leela Krishna Amudala wrote:
> Hello Steffen,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Steffen Trumtrar
> > +static int parse_property(struct device_node *np, char *name,
> > +                               struct timing_entry *result)
> > +{
> > +       struct property *prop;
> > +       int length;
> > +       int cells;
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       prop = of_find_property(np, name, &length);
> > +       if (!prop) {
> > +               pr_err("%s: could not find property %s\n", __func__, name);
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       cells = length / sizeof(u32);
> > +       if (cells == 1) {
> > +               ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->typ, cells);
> 
> As you are reading only one vaue, you can use of_property_read_u32 instead.
> 

Yes, thats copypasta, no need for _array here.

> > +               result->min = result->typ;
> > +               result->max = result->typ;
> > +       } else if (cells == 3) {
> > +               ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->min, cells);
> 
> You are considering only min element, what about typ and max elements?
> 

I start at the address of result->min and read three u32-values, therefore all
three (min,typ,max) are filled with values.

> > +
> > +/**
> > + * of_display_timings_exists - check if a display-timings node is provided
> > + * @np: device_node with the timing
> > + **/
> > +int of_display_timings_exists(struct device_node *np)
> > +{
> > +       struct device_node *timings_np;
> > +       struct device_node *default_np;
> > +
> > +       if (!np)
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +       timings_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "display-timings", 0);
> > +       if (!timings_np)
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +       return -EINVAL;
> 
> Here it should return success instead of -EINVAL.
> 

Yes.

> And one query.. are the binding properties names and "display-timings"
> node structure template  finalized..?
> 

I sure hope so. There actually is one error in the examples though.
The property clock is called clock-frequency. I included it correctly
at the top of display-timings.txt, but overlooked it in the examples.

Regards,
Steffen
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04c94a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timings.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ 
+display-timings bindings
+==================
+
+display-timings-node
+------------
+
+required properties:
+ - none
+
+optional properties:
+ - native-mode: the native mode for the display, in case multiple modes are
+		provided. When omitted, assume the first node is the native.
+
+timings-subnode
+---------------
+
+required properties:
+ - hactive, vactive: Display resolution
+ - hfront-porch, hback-porch, hsync-len: Horizontal Display timing parameters
+   in pixels
+   vfront-porch, vback-porch, vsync-len: Vertical display timing parameters in
+   lines
+ - clock-frequency: displayclock in Hz
+
+optional properties:
+ - hsync-active : Hsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - vsync-active : Vsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - de-active : Data-Enable pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - pixelclk-inverted : pixelclock is inverted/non-inverted/ignored
+ - interlaced (bool)
+ - doublescan (bool)
+
+All the optional properties that are not bool follow the following logic:
+    <1> : high active
+    <0> : low active
+    omitted : not used on hardware
+
+There are different ways of describing the capabilities of a display. The devicetree
+representation corresponds to the one commonly found in datasheets for displays.
+If a display supports multiple signal timings, the native-mode can be specified.
+
+The parameters are defined as
+
+struct display_timing
+===================
+
+  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  |          |                |vback_porch                 |          |       |
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  +----------###############################################----------+-------+
+  |          #                ?                            #          |       |
+  |          #                |                            #          |       |
+  |  hback   #                |                            #  hfront  | hsync |
+  |   porch  #                |       hactive              #  porch   |  len  |
+  |<-------->#<---------------+--------------------------->#<-------->|<----->|
+  |          #                |                            #          |       |
+  |          #                |vactive                     #          |       |
+  |          #                |                            #          |       |
+  |          #                ?                            #          |       |
+  +----------###############################################----------+-------+
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  |          |                |vfront_porch                |          |       |
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  |          |                |vsync_len                   |          |       |
+  |          |                ?                            |          |       |
+  +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+
+
+Example:
+
+	display-timings {
+		native-mode = <&timing0>;
+		timing0: 1920p24 {
+			/* 1920x1080p24 */
+			clock = <52000000>;
+			hactive = <1920>;
+			vactive = <1080>;
+			hfront-porch = <25>;
+			hback-porch = <25>;
+			hsync-len = <25>;
+			vback-porch = <2>;
+			vfront-porch = <2>;
+			vsync-len = <2>;
+			hsync-active = <1>;
+		};
+	};
+
+Every required property also supports the use of ranges, so the commonly used
+datasheet description with <min typ max>-tuples can be used.
+
+Example:
+
+	timing1: timing {
+		/* 1920x1080p24 */
+		clock = <148500000>;
+		hactive = <1920>;
+		vactive = <1080>;
+		hsync-len = <0 44 60>;
+		hfront-porch = <80 88 95>;
+		hback-porch = <100 148 160>;
+		vfront-porch = <0 4 6>;
+		vback-porch = <0 36 50>;
+		vsync-len = <0 5 6>;
+	};
+
+
+Usage in backend
+================
+
+A backend driver may choose to use the display-timings directly and convert the timing
+ranges to a suitable mode. Or it may just use the conversion of the display timings
+to the required mode via the generic videomode struct.
+
+					dtb
+					 |
+					 |  of_get_display_timing_list
+					 ?
+			      struct display_timings
+					 |
+					 |  videomode_from_timing
+					 ?
+			    ---  struct videomode ---
+			    |			    |
+ videomode_to_displaymode   |			    |   videomode_to_fb_videomode
+		            ?			    ?
+		     drm_display_mode         fb_videomode
+
+The functions of_get_fb_videomode and of_get_display_mode are provided
+to conveniently get the respective mode representation from the devicetree.
+
+Conversion to videomode
+=======================
+
+As device drivers normally work with some kind of video mode, the timings can be
+converted (may be just a simple copying of the typical value) to a generic videomode
+structure which then can be converted to the according mode used by the backend.
diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
index dfba3e6..781e773 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
@@ -83,4 +83,10 @@  config OF_MTD
 	depends on MTD
 	def_bool y
 
+config OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS
+	def_bool y
+	depends on DISPLAY_TIMING
+	help
+	  helper to parse display timings from the devicetree
+
 endmenu # OF
diff --git a/drivers/of/Makefile b/drivers/of/Makefile
index e027f44..c8e9603 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/of/Makefile
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_OF_MDIO)	+= of_mdio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_PCI)	+= of_pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_PCI_IRQ)  += of_pci_irq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_MTD)	+= of_mtd.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS) += of_display_timings.o
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c b/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..388fe4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/of/of_display_timings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ 
+/*
+ * OF helpers for parsing display timings
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * based on of_videomode.c by Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/of_display_timings.h>
+
+/**
+ * parse_property - parse timing_entry from device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the property
+ * @name: name of the property
+ * @result: will be set to the return value
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION:
+ * Every display_timing can be specified with either just the typical value or
+ * a range consisting of min/typ/max. This function helps handling this
+ **/
+static int parse_property(struct device_node *np, char *name,
+				struct timing_entry *result)
+{
+	struct property *prop;
+	int length;
+	int cells;
+	int ret;
+
+	prop = of_find_property(np, name, &length);
+	if (!prop) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not find property %s\n", __func__, name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	cells = length / sizeof(u32);
+	if (cells == 1) {
+		ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->typ, cells);
+		result->min = result->typ;
+		result->max = result->typ;
+	} else if (cells == 3) {
+		ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->min, cells);
+	} else {
+		pr_err("%s: illegal timing specification in %s\n", __func__, name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_get_display_timing - parse display_timing entry from device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the properties
+ **/
+struct display_timing *of_get_display_timing(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct display_timing *dt;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dt) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not allocate display_timing struct\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "hback-porch", &dt->hback_porch);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "hfront-porch", &dt->hfront_porch);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "hactive", &dt->hactive);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "hsync-len", &dt->hsync_len);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "vback-porch", &dt->vback_porch);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "vfront-porch", &dt->vfront_porch);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "vactive", &dt->vactive);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "vsync-len", &dt->vsync_len);
+	ret |= parse_property(np, "clock-frequency", &dt->pixelclock);
+
+	of_property_read_u32(np, "vsync-active", &dt->vsync_pol_active);
+	of_property_read_u32(np, "hsync-active", &dt->hsync_pol_active);
+	of_property_read_u32(np, "de-active", &dt->de_pol_active);
+	of_property_read_u32(np, "pixelclk-inverted", &dt->pixelclk_pol);
+	dt->interlaced = of_property_read_bool(np, "interlaced");
+	dt->doublescan = of_property_read_bool(np, "doublescan");
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s: error reading timing properties\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_display_timing);
+
+/**
+ * of_get_display_timing_list - parse all display_timing entries from a device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the subnodes
+ **/
+struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct device_node *timings_np;
+	struct device_node *entry;
+	struct device_node *native_mode;
+	struct display_timings *disp;
+
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("%s: no devicenode given\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	timings_np = of_find_node_by_name(np, "display-timings");
+	if (!timings_np) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not find display-timings node\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	disp = kzalloc(sizeof(*disp), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	entry = of_parse_phandle(timings_np, "native-mode", 0);
+	/* assume first child as native mode if none provided */
+	if (!entry)
+		entry = of_get_next_child(np, NULL);
+	if (!entry) {
+		pr_err("%s: no timing specifications given\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("%s: using %s as default timing\n", __func__, entry->name);
+
+	native_mode = entry;
+
+	disp->num_timings = of_get_child_count(timings_np);
+	disp->timings = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_timing *)*disp->num_timings,
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	disp->num_timings = 0;
+	disp->native_mode = 0;
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(timings_np, entry) {
+		struct display_timing *dt;
+
+		dt = of_get_display_timing(entry);
+		if (!dt) {
+			/* to not encourage wrong devicetrees, fail in case of an error */
+			pr_err("%s: error in timing %d\n", __func__, disp->num_timings+1);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (native_mode == entry)
+			disp->native_mode = disp->num_timings;
+
+		disp->timings[disp->num_timings] = dt;
+		disp->num_timings++;
+	}
+	of_node_put(timings_np);
+
+	if (disp->num_timings > 0)
+		pr_info("%s: got %d timings. Using timing #%d as default\n", __func__,
+			disp->num_timings , disp->native_mode + 1);
+	else {
+		pr_err("%s: no valid timings specified\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return disp;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_display_timing_list);
+
+/**
+ * of_display_timings_exists - check if a display-timings node is provided
+ * @np: device_node with the timing
+ **/
+int of_display_timings_exists(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct device_node *timings_np;
+	struct device_node *default_np;
+
+	if (!np)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	timings_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "display-timings", 0);
+	if (!timings_np)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_display_timings_exists);
diff --git a/include/linux/of_display_timings.h b/include/linux/of_display_timings.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e1f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/of_display_timings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * display timings of helpers
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS_H
+#define __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMINGS_H
+
+#include <linux/display_timing.h>
+
+#define OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE -1
+
+struct display_timings *of_get_display_timing_list(struct device_node *np);
+struct display_timing *of_get_display_timing(struct device_node *np);
+int of_display_timings_exists(struct device_node *np);
+
+#endif