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Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:13:37 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To:     Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@bp.renesas.com>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] drm/panel: Add timings field to drm_panel
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Hi Fabrizio

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:04:29PM +0100, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> We need to know if the panel supports dual-link, similarly
> to bridges, therefore add a reference to drm_timings in
> drm_panel.

Why do we need to know this?
Why is it needed in drm_panel and not in some driver specific struct?

I cannot see the full series, as I was copied only on some mails.
Awaiting dri-devel moderator before I can see the rest.

	Sam

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@bp.renesas.com>
> 
> ---
> v1->v2:
> * new patch
> 
>  include/drm/drm_panel.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_panel.h b/include/drm/drm_panel.h
> index 8c738c0..cd6ff07 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_panel.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_panel.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_timings.h>
>  
>  struct device_node;
>  struct drm_connector;
> @@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ struct drm_panel_funcs {
>   * struct drm_panel - DRM panel object
>   * @drm: DRM device owning the panel
>   * @connector: DRM connector that the panel is attached to
> + * @timings: timing information
>   * @dev: parent device of the panel
>   * @link: link from panel device (supplier) to DRM device (consumer)
>   * @funcs: operations that can be performed on the panel
> @@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ struct drm_panel_funcs {
>  struct drm_panel {
>  	struct drm_device *drm;
>  	struct drm_connector *connector;
> +	const struct drm_timings *timings;
>  	struct device *dev;
>  
>  	const struct drm_panel_funcs *funcs;
> -- 
> 2.7.4