On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 17:10 +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
> Links between DSS entities are made in dss_recheck_connections when a new panel
> is probed. Rewrite the code in dss_recheck_connections to link managers to
> outputs, and outputs to devices.
> 
> The fields in omap_dss_device struct gives information on which output and
> manager to connect to. The desired manager and output pointers are retrieved and
> prepared(existing outputs/devices unset, if default display)) to form the
> desired links. The output is linked to the device, and then the manager to the
> output. If a probed device's required manager isn't free, the required output
> is still connected to the device so that it's easier to use the panel in the
> future.

I've been pondering this one, and I can't come to a conclusion. The
recheck_connections is just so ugly that I'd like to get rid of it =). I
guess this patch doesn't make it any more ugly, so we can include it in
the patch series.

And as I mentioned earlier, I think we should get rid of the
OMAP_DISPLAY_TYPE_* enum, as it's kinda extra now. But doing that would
require changing all board files. That's not out of the question, but I
think we should first make sure we know what we are doing with the board
files so we don't go back and forth there.

Just gathering my thoughts:

When we define a panel in DT/board file, we should also define the
output instance, because that's part of the hardware design. But there
are no hardcoded links between mgrs and outputs, so that doesn't belong
to the DT/board file. For example, omap4460's DSI1 can take input from
LCD1 or LCD2.

So who could/should make the decision which mgr to use... Well, I don't
know on what basis the decision can be made, but I still think omapdss
can't make good decisions on that, so probably the whole "chain" should
be configured in the omapfb/omapdrm level.

 Tomi