Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/6] dt-bindings: display: Convert DWC HDMI TX bindings to YAML

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:39:29AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch series attempts a conversion of the DWC HDMI TX DT bindings
> to YAML. I've marked it as RFC as the base schema doesn't work is
> intended in this (naive) approach, and I'm not sure how to fix it
> properly.
> 
> The DWC HDMI TX is an HDMI transmitter IP core from Synopsys, integrated
> in various SoCs with different glue layers. As such, some properties are
> defined in a common document, but sometimes need to be overridden by
> platform-specific bindings.
> 
> Patch 1/6 adds a base schema for the common properties, based on the
> existing dw_hdmi.txt document. Patches 2/6 to 4/6 then convert the
> platformspecific bindings for Renesas, NXP and Rockchip SoCs. Patch 5/6
> replaces the reference to dw_hdmi.txt in the Allwinner bindings with a
> reference to the YAML base schema, and patch 6/6 drops dw_hdmi.txt.
> 
> My attempts at defining properties in the base schema, including it in
> the platform-specific schema with an allOf: $ref..., and overridding
> properties didn't work, as DT schemas don't define properties in a way
> that can be overridden, but instead define validation rules that are all
> considered. Both the rules in the base schema and in the
> platform-specific schemas are evaluated.
> 
> One possible way around this would be to not pull in the whole base
> schema, but specific rules. This is however a bit cumbersome to use in
> my opinion. Is there a better way to achieve this ?
> 
> I have volunteered Philipp Zabel and Mark Yao as maintainers for the
> i.MX6 and Rockchip bindings respectively. Please let me know if you
> would prefer a different maintainer, or ack the respective patch if this
> is fine with you.

Given that <mark.yao@rock-chips.com> bounced, I may already have an
answer to part of that question :-) I've CC'ed Mark's gmail address, as
well as Sandy and Heiko who maintain the Rockchip DRM driver.

> Laurent Pinchart (6):
>   dt-bindings: display: bridge: Add YAML schema for Synopsys DW-HDMI
>   dt-bindings: display: bridge: renesas,dw-hdmi: Convert binding to YAML
>   dt-bindings: display: imx: hdmi: Convert binding to YAML
>   dt-bindings: display: rockchip: dw-hdmi: Convert binding to YAML
>   dt-bindings: display: sun8i-a83t-dw-hdmi: Reference dw-hdmi YAML
>     schema
>   dt-bindings: display: bridge: Remove deprecated dw_hdmi.txt
> 
>  .../display/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-dw-hdmi.yaml |   4 +-
>  .../bindings/display/bridge/dw_hdmi.txt       |  33 ----
>  .../display/bridge/renesas,dw-hdmi.txt        |  86 ---------
>  .../display/bridge/renesas,dw-hdmi.yaml       | 142 ++++++++++++++
>  .../display/bridge/synopsys,dw-hdmi.yaml      |  68 +++++++
>  .../bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx6-hdmi.yaml   | 143 ++++++++++++++
>  .../devicetree/bindings/display/imx/hdmi.txt  |  65 -------
>  .../display/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.txt     |  74 --------
>  .../display/rockchip/rockchip,dw-hdmi.yaml    | 178 ++++++++++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 533 insertions(+), 260 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/dw_hdmi.txt
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,dw-hdmi.txt
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,dw-hdmi.yaml
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/synopsys,dw-hdmi.yaml
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx6-hdmi.yaml
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/hdmi.txt
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.txt
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/rockchip/rockchip,dw-hdmi.yaml

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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