linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/4] drm: tegra: use the Common Display Framework

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Message-ID: <5108CFC1.8010905@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:46:09 +0800
From:	Mark Zhang <nvmarkzhang@...il.com>
To:	Alex Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
CC:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Mark Zhang <markz@...dia.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gnurou@...il.com" <gnurou@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/4] drm: tegra: use the Common Display Framework

On 01/30/2013 03:01 PM, Alex Courbot wrote:
> On 01/30/2013 03:50 PM, Mark Zhang wrote:
[...]
> 
>>> +    /* register display notifier */
>>> +    output->display_notifier.dev = NULL;
>>
>> Set "display_notifier.dev" to NULL makes we have to compare with every
>> display entity, just like what you do in "display_notify_callback":
>>
>> entity->dev && entity->dev->of_node == pnode
>>
>> So can we get the "struct device *" of panel here? Seems currently the
>> "of" framework doesn't allow "device_node -> device".
> 
> Nope. AFAICT the device might not be instanciated at this point. We
> become aware of it for the first time in the callback function. We also
> don't want to defer probing until the panel is parsed first, since the
> panel might also depend on resources of the display device.
> 

Agree.

> Thanks,
> Alex.
> 
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