Re: [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] dt-bindings: display: bridge: nxp,tda998x: Convert to json-schema

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Russell,

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 11:33 AM Russell King (Oracle)
<linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:28:22AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > No, you can still use port:
> >
> > +oneOf:
> > +  - required:
> > +      - port
> > +  - required:
> > +      - ports
> >
> > When using ports, no further requirements are set, but perhaps port@0
> > should be made required in that case?
>
> Maybe I don't understand the binding description then, but to me it
> looks like you require both port@0 and port@1.

"make dtbs_check" disagrees.

> The reality of the driver is that it makes almost no use of the graph
> itself, except via drm_of_find_possible_crtcs() to find the connected
> CRTCs. If it is connected to an I2S source, then it probably needs a
> port specification for that. If someone wants to describe the HDMI
> connector (which I don't see any point in) then they likely need a

I can't comment on the point of describing the HDMI connector.

> port specification for that too. However, the driver itself doesn't
> care about any of those.

DT describes hardware, not software limitations.

> So, describing the port nodes makes no sense.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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