Re: [PATCH 7/8] drm/panel: nt35510: refactor panel initialization

[Dario Binacchi]

Hi Linus,

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:43 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 2:52 PM Dario Binacchi
> <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The previous implementation did not make it easy to support new
> > NT35510-based panels with different initialization sequences.
> > This patch, preparatory for future developmentes, simplifies the
> > addition of new NT35510-based displays and also avoids the risk of
> > creating regressions on already managed panels.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The idea is to have the driver adapt to different panels, and encode a deep
> understanding just like we do with all hardware drivers.
>
> NAK.
>
> This patch:
>
> - Deletes a lot of useful documentation on how the panel works.
>
> - Deletes defines and replaces them with magic numbers
>
> All it achieves is a bit of "magic sequences because we are used to
> magic sequences" and that doesn't look like an improvement at all,
> instead it creates a dumber driver which has no explanations at all
> to what is going on.
>
> Please rewrite the patch in the same style as the original driver.
> The fact that you (probably) are not used to writing display drivers
> in this way is not an excuse to destroy this nice structure.
>
> There are things that can be done, like create an abstraction for
> sequence encoding with less open coded command issue
> statements, by adding helpers to the DRM core, so if that is what
> you want to do, then do that instead?

Thanks for your explanations and suggestions.
I will rewrite the patch following your suggestions.

Thanks and regards,
Dario

>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij



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Dario Binacchi

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