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[v2,2/3] dt-bindings: display: Add obsolete note to "ti, tilcdc, panel" binding

Message ID 459ed943fe0725200062171755bcfe5f73713d50.1575901747.git.jsarha@ti.com
State New
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Series drm/tilcdc: Remove "ti, tilcdc, tfp410" and mark "ti, tilcdc, panel" obsolete | expand

Commit Message

Jyri Sarha Dec. 9, 2019, 2:42 p.m. UTC
The "ti,tilcdc,panel" binding should not be used anymore, since tilcdc
is fully capable of using generic drm panels like panel-simple and
panel-common binding. However, the obsolete binding is still widely
used in many mainline supported platforms that I do not have access to
and who knows how many custom platforms. So I am afraid we have to
keep the old bundled tilcdc panel driver around.

Signed-off-by: Jyri Sarha <jsarha@ti.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Jyri Sarha Dec. 13, 2019, 9:04 a.m. UTC | #1
On 09/12/2019 16:50, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Jyri,

> 

> Thank you for the patch.

> 

> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 04:42:15PM +0200, Jyri Sarha wrote:

>> The "ti,tilcdc,panel" binding should not be used anymore, since tilcdc

>> is fully capable of using generic drm panels like panel-simple and

>> panel-common binding. However, the obsolete binding is still widely

>> used in many mainline supported platforms that I do not have access to

>> and who knows how many custom platforms. So I am afraid we have to

>> keep the old bundled tilcdc panel driver around.

> 

> But can't we drop the bindings instead of marking them as obsolete, even

> if we keep the driver around for some time ?

> 


I guess that would be alright too.

> Also, would it make sense to set a date for the removal of the driver,

> and add it to the WARN() message in patch 3/3 ?

> 


Not sure about a date. I would feel quite uncomfortable of removing the
driver, while there is still mainline DTSes using "ti,tilcdc,panel". I
guess the next step would be putting the legacy panel driver behind a
default = N config option. Then I would probably hear something if there
are people actively using those DTSes. Maybe the date could be about
that too.

BR,
Jyri

>> Signed-off-by: Jyri Sarha <jsarha@ti.com>

>> ---

>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt | 6 ++++++

>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

>>

>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt

>> index 808216310ea2..54963f9173cc 100644

>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt

>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt

>> @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@

>>  Device-Tree bindings for tilcdc DRM generic panel output driver

>>  

>> +NOTE: This binding (and the related driver) is obsolete and should not

>> +      be used anymore. Please refer to drm panel-common binding (and

>> +      to a generic drm panel driver like panel-simple).

>> +      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.yaml

>> +      (drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c)

>> +

>>  Required properties:

>>   - compatible: value should be "ti,tilcdc,panel".

>>   - panel-info: configuration info to configure LCDC correctly for the panel

> 



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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt
index 808216310ea2..54963f9173cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/tilcdc/panel.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 
 Device-Tree bindings for tilcdc DRM generic panel output driver
 
+NOTE: This binding (and the related driver) is obsolete and should not
+      be used anymore. Please refer to drm panel-common binding (and
+      to a generic drm panel driver like panel-simple).
+      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.yaml
+      (drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c)
+
 Required properties:
  - compatible: value should be "ti,tilcdc,panel".
  - panel-info: configuration info to configure LCDC correctly for the panel