Hi Eric,
On 12/09/2013 17:02, Eric Nelson wrote:
This isn't needed yet in the stock (main-line) code base, since we haven't added any panels without detection.
ok, thanks - I will then apply Fabio's patches for the Freescale's boards.
We do have a form this patch and a lot of panels in our local tree on Github, but wanted to avoid unnecessary noise on the list because we've integrated a dozen or so panels and the existing structure really doesn't scale.
We had a separate discussion regarding treating the displays as data (environment), but have stalled somewhat on that front.
I think also that using the environment seems a clumsy solution. We used a lot of times in the past, and we have not unified their usage.
The current device-tree code for i.MX6 uses mode strings instead of the detailed timing data that's really needed for a proper solution.
I admit that using DT also for u-boot seems a better solution. You're right about i.MX6 in kernel, but on the other hand I like how it is described for i.MX28 boards. The display-timings node contain all information we need. It would be nice to have the same for i.MX6.
Best regards, Stefano