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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:43:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] drm/panel-fannal-c3004: Add fannal c3004 DSI panel
To:     Paulo Pavacic <pavacic.p@gmail.com>
Cc:     neil.armstrong@linaro.org, sam@ravnborg.org, airlied@gmail.com,
        daniel@ffwll.ch, robh+dt@kernel.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:57=E2=80=AFAM Paulo Pavacic <pavacic.p@gmail.com=
> wrote:
> =C4=8Det, 15. lip 2023. u 21:55 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> =
napisao je:
> >
> > I doubt that the display controller is actually by Fannal, but I guess
> > you tried to find out? We usually try to identify the underlying displa=
y
> > controller so the driver can be named after it and reused for more
> > display panels.
>
> Yes, of course, the controller is ST7701S.

Hm did you try to just refactor
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sitronix-st7701.c
to support your new panel?

One major reason would be that that driver knows what
commands actually mean and have #defines for them.

Yours,
Linus Walleij