Hi Sakari, Marco,

On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 08:17:48PM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Marco,
>
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 05:55:28PM +0100, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > > > (more device specific)
> > > > tc358746,default-mode = <CSI-Tx> /* Parallel-in -> CSI-out */
> > > > tc358746,default-mode = <CSI-Rx> /* CSI-in -> Parallel-out */
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > (more generic)
> > > > tc358746,default-dir = <PARALLEL_TO_CSI2>
> > > > tc358746,default-dir = <CSI2_TO_PARALLEL>
> > >
> > > The prefix for Toshiba is "toshiba". What would you think of
> > > "toshiba,csi2-direction" with values of either "rx" or "tx"? Or
> > > "toshiba,csi2-mode" with either "master" or "slave", which would be a
> > > little bit more generic, but could be slightly more probable to get wrong
> > > as well.
> >
> > You're right mixed the prefix with the device.. If we need to introduce
> > a property I would prefer the "toshiba,csi2-direction" one. I said if
> > because as Jacopo mentioned we can avoid the property by define port@0
> > as input and port@1 as output. I tink that's the best solution, since we
> > can avoid device specific bindings and it's common to use the last port
> > as output (e.g. video-mux).
>
> The ports represent hardware and I think I would avoid reordering them. I
> wonder what would the DT folks prefer.
>

I might have missed why you mention re-ordering? :)

> The device specific property is to the point at least: it describes an
> orthogonal part of the device configuration. That's why I'd pick that if I
> were to choose. But I'll let Rob to comment on this.

That's true indeed. Let's wait for inputs from DT people, I'm fine
with both approaches.

Thanks
   j

>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sakari Ailus
> sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com