On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM Marek Vasut <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/15/26 6:40 PM, Rob Herring wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 01:05:30AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote: > >> Move the Waveshare panels description into separate document, so they > >> can be properly described with compatible = "waveshare,...", "panel-dpi" > >> and attached to "waveshare,dsi2dpi" bridge. > > > > But why do we need "panel-dpi"? Adding that requires changing a DT. > > Can't you make the kernel handle these compatible strings as a > > "panel-dpi" without the compatible? > I can, but wouldn't we then miss the more specific compatible strings in > the DT ? > > compatible = "waveshare,13.3inch-panel", "panel-dpi"; > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > this ... would be removed. Do we want that ?
No, drop "panel-dpi". Or really, don't add it. > > The other option would be to add the timings into panel-simple driver, > then we wouldn't have to change the bindings at all. Maybe that would be > preferable ? Why can't the "panel-dpi" driver match to"waveshare,13.3inch-panel"? Rob
