Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Doc/DT: Add DT binding documentation for MIPI DPI Panel

From: [email-masked] (Tomi Valkeinen)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:41:55 +0200

On 17/03/14 16:19, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

>> +Generic MIPI DPI Panel
>> +======================
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible: "panel-dpi"
>> +
>> +Optional properties:
>> +- label: a symbolic name for the panel
>> +- gpios: panel enable gpio and backlight enable gpio
> 
> While integrated in the panel module, the backlight is a separate piece of 
> hardware, which could be controlled through other means (I2C for instance). 
> Wouldn't it be better to add an explicit DT node for the backlight device and 
> reference that node from the panel node ?

Yes, I agree, but do we have the infrastructure or bindings for that?

Ah, I see we now do have a gpio-backlight driver, but it doesn't have DT
bindings.

 Tomi

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