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Message-Id: <20151225103817.3aa1d89433607ee7fbf5181f@free.fr>
Date:	Fri, 25 Dec 2015 10:38:17 +0100
From:	Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@...e.fr>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
	linux-rockchip <linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	LAKML <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Improve drm_of_component_probe() and move
 rockchip to use it

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:36:10 +0000
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk> wrote:

> It seems that you're trying to work around a limitation in Linux by
> modifying the hardware representation...

Sorry to come back to this topic, but I think you are wrong.

Looking at the imx6 DTs, the problem comes from the display-subsystem
node which is a pure Linux specific software entity.

If you want to describe only the hardware in the DT, everything is
simple.

A IPU is a image controller with its sub-devices. Seen from the system, it
is like a 'board' with its devices (LCDs, camera...).

When 2 IPUs, there are 2 independant boards.

Here is what could be a pure hardware DT:

/* no display-subsystem */

	ipu1: ipu@...00000 {		/* image controller / board 1 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-ipu";
		...
		ports = <&ipu1_di0>, <&ipu1_di1>;
	};
	ipu1_di0: di@0 {		/* display interface / crtc 1 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-di";
		...
		ipu1_di0_hdmi: endpoint@1 {
			remote-endpoint = <&hdmi_mux_0>;
		};
		ipu1_di0_mipi: endpoint@2 {
			remote-endpoint = <&mipi_mux_0>;
		}
		...
	};
	ipu1_di1: di@1 {		/* display interface / crtc 2 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-di";
		...
		ipu1_di1_hdmi: endpoint@1 {
			remote-endpoint = <&hdmi_mux_1>;
		};
		ipu1_di1_mipi: endpoint@2 {
			remote-endpoint = <&mipi_mux_1>;
		}
		...
	};

	ipu2: ipu@...00000 {		/* image controller / board 2 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-ipu";
		...
		ports = <&ipu2_di0>, <&ipu2_di1>;
	};
	ipu2_di0: di@0 {		/* display interface / crtc 1 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-di";
		...
		ipu2_di0_hdmi: endpoint@1 {
			remote-endpoint = <&hdmi_mux_2>;
		};
		ipu2_di0_mipi: endpoint@2 {
			remote-endpoint = <&mipi_mux_2>;
		}
		...
	};
	ipu2_di1: di@1 {		/* display interface / crtc 2 */
		compatible = "fsl,imx6q-di";
		...
		ipu2_di1_hdmi: endpoint@1 {
			remote-endpoint = <&hdmi_mux_3>;
		};
		ipu2_di1_mipi: endpoint@2 {
			remote-endpoint = <&mipi_mux_3>;
		}
		...
	};

Then, a standard component binding (port->parent) works fine...

(you may note that the same problem exists with audio: the
'simple-card' is also a pure Linux specific software entity)

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