Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 01.02.22 um 18:00 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 5:16 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am 31.01.22 um 11:18 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> > > Another thing that's missing is a DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_I2C, because I used for
> > > now a DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown.
> >
> > That might have implications on userspace. Maybe ask around. (Not that
> > we actually run userspace on the device).
>
> Looking at the list of connector types (and wondering if we're gonna
> need more when converting existing fbdev drivers to drm drivers),
> there seem to be two different families of connector types, for
>    1. transports between CRTC and display (e.g. VGA, DVID, HDMI),
>    2. transports between CPU and CRTC (e.g. SPI, possibly USB, and
>       the proposed I2C)?

I think I had a similar discussion when we merged the gud driver. gud is 
a driver for a RasPi-based usb display adapter.  My point was that USB 
is just an internal transport bus, like PCI. But that wasn't convincing. 
So now we have USB and other busses as connector types.

My preference would be to use a panel type as Daniel suggested; and 
maybe 'Unknown' for a few special cases.

Best regards
Thomas

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
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