diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timing.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timing.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..150038552bc3047bad9c28548270d63592e34700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/display-timing.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+display-timing bindings
+=======================
+
+display-timings node
+--------------------
+
+required properties:
+ - none
+
+optional properties:
+ - native-mode: The native mode for the display, in case multiple modes are
+		provided. When omitted, assume the first node is the native.
+
+timing subnode
+--------------
+
+required properties:
+ - hactive, vactive: display resolution
+ - hfront-porch, hback-porch, hsync-len: horizontal display timing parameters
+   in pixels
+   vfront-porch, vback-porch, vsync-len: vertical display timing parameters in
+   lines
+ - clock-frequency: display clock in Hz
+
+optional properties:
+ - hsync-active: hsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - vsync-active: vsync pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - de-active: data-enable pulse is active low/high/ignored
+ - pixelclk-active: with
+			- active high = drive pixel data on rising edge/
+					sample data on falling edge
+			- active low  = drive pixel data on falling edge/
+					sample data on rising edge
+			- ignored     = ignored
+ - interlaced (bool): boolean to enable interlaced mode
+ - doublescan (bool): boolean to enable doublescan mode
+
+All the optional properties that are not bool follow the following logic:
+    <1>: high active
+    <0>: low active
+    omitted: not used on hardware
+
+There are different ways of describing the capabilities of a display. The
+devicetree representation corresponds to the one commonly found in datasheets
+for displays. If a display supports multiple signal timings, the native-mode
+can be specified.
+
+The parameters are defined as:
+
+  +----------+-------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+  |          |        ↑                            |          |       |
+  |          |        |vback_porch                 |          |       |
+  |          |        ↓                            |          |       |
+  +----------#######################################----------+-------+
+  |          #        ↑                            #          |       |
+  |          #        |                            #          |       |
+  |  hback   #        |                            #  hfront  | hsync |
+  |   porch  #        |       hactive              #  porch   |  len  |
+  |<-------->#<-------+--------------------------->#<-------->|<----->|
+  |          #        |                            #          |       |
+  |          #        |vactive                     #          |       |
+  |          #        |                            #          |       |
+  |          #        ↓                            #          |       |
+  +----------#######################################----------+-------+
+  |          |        ↑                            |          |       |
+  |          |        |vfront_porch                |          |       |
+  |          |        ↓                            |          |       |
+  +----------+-------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+  |          |        ↑                            |          |       |
+  |          |        |vsync_len                   |          |       |
+  |          |        ↓                            |          |       |
+  +----------+-------------------------------------+----------+-------+
+
+Example:
+
+	display-timings {
+		native-mode = <&timing0>;
+		timing0: 1080p24 {
+			/* 1920x1080p24 */
+			clock-frequency = <52000000>;
+			hactive = <1920>;
+			vactive = <1080>;
+			hfront-porch = <25>;
+			hback-porch = <25>;
+			hsync-len = <25>;
+			vback-porch = <2>;
+			vfront-porch = <2>;
+			vsync-len = <2>;
+			hsync-active = <1>;
+		};
+	};
+
+Every required property also supports the use of ranges, so the commonly used
+datasheet description with minimum, typical and maximum values can be used.
+
+Example:
+
+	timing1: timing {
+		/* 1920x1080p24 */
+		clock-frequency = <148500000>;
+		hactive = <1920>;
+		vactive = <1080>;
+		hsync-len = <0 44 60>;
+		hfront-porch = <80 88 95>;
+		hback-porch = <100 148 160>;
+		vfront-porch = <0 4 6>;
+		vback-porch = <0 36 50>;
+		vsync-len = <0 5 6>;
+	};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
index d8da30e90db5ba63308ddc6e7418573dff351b01..04fa6f1808d151249f38fdf2974ee365eac7a047 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
+#include <video/of_videomode.h>
+#include <video/videomode.h>
 
 /**
  * drm_mode_debug_printmodeline - debug print a mode
@@ -504,6 +506,74 @@ drm_gtf_mode(struct drm_device *dev, int hdisplay, int vdisplay, int vrefresh,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gtf_mode);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VIDEOMODE)
+int drm_display_mode_from_videomode(const struct videomode *vm,
+				    struct drm_display_mode *dmode)
+{
+	dmode->hdisplay = vm->hactive;
+	dmode->hsync_start = dmode->hdisplay + vm->hfront_porch;
+	dmode->hsync_end = dmode->hsync_start + vm->hsync_len;
+	dmode->htotal = dmode->hsync_end + vm->hback_porch;
+
+	dmode->vdisplay = vm->vactive;
+	dmode->vsync_start = dmode->vdisplay + vm->vfront_porch;
+	dmode->vsync_end = dmode->vsync_start + vm->vsync_len;
+	dmode->vtotal = dmode->vsync_end + vm->vback_porch;
+
+	dmode->clock = vm->pixelclock / 1000;
+
+	dmode->flags = 0;
+	if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_HSYNC_HIGH)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_PHSYNC;
+	else if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_HSYNC_LOW)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_NHSYNC;
+	if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_VSYNC_HIGH)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_PVSYNC;
+	else if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_VSYNC_LOW)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC;
+	if (vm->data_flags & DISPLAY_FLAGS_INTERLACED)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_INTERLACE;
+	if (vm->data_flags & DISPLAY_FLAGS_DOUBLESCAN)
+		dmode->flags |= DRM_MODE_FLAG_DBLSCAN;
+	drm_mode_set_name(dmode);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_display_mode_from_videomode);
+#endif
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_VIDEOMODE)
+/**
+ * of_get_drm_display_mode - get a drm_display_mode from devicetree
+ * @np: device_node with the timing specification
+ * @dmode: will be set to the return value
+ * @index: index into the list of display timings in devicetree
+ *
+ * This function is expensive and should only be used, if only one mode is to be
+ * read from DT. To get multiple modes start with of_get_display_timings and
+ * work with that instead.
+ */
+int of_get_drm_display_mode(struct device_node *np,
+			    struct drm_display_mode *dmode, int index)
+{
+	struct videomode vm;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_get_videomode(np, &vm, index);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	drm_display_mode_from_videomode(&vm, dmode);
+
+	pr_debug("%s: got %dx%d display mode from %s\n",
+		of_node_full_name(np), vm.hactive, vm.vactive, np->name);
+	drm_mode_debug_printmodeline(dmode);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_drm_display_mode);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * drm_mode_set_name - set the name on a mode
  * @mode: name will be set in this mode
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index e7068c508800ce502bff34055da63ae71f25f0f6..807c7fa689fa6370936b6fb5aec7060ca6b9e0fb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@ config VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL
 	  This framework adds support for low-level control of the video 
 	  output switch.
 
+config DISPLAY_TIMING
+       bool
+
+config VIDEOMODE
+       bool
+
+config OF_DISPLAY_TIMING
+	bool "Enable device tree display timing support"
+	depends on OF
+	select DISPLAY_TIMING
+	help
+	  helper to parse display timings from the devicetree
+
+config OF_VIDEOMODE
+	bool "Enable device tree videomode support"
+	depends on OF
+	select VIDEOMODE
+	select OF_DISPLAY_TIMING
+	help
+	  helper to get videomodes from the devicetree
+
 menuconfig FB
 	tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
 	---help---
diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index 768a137a1bacd3f8eca7dfde548cce68c41176bb..f592f3b32ec76d4782503c864a50f1fa11d230a6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -168,3 +168,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL)          += vfb.o
 
 #video output switch sysfs driver
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL) += output.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_TIMING) += display_timing.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_OF_DISPLAY_TIMING) += of_display_timing.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOMODE) += videomode.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_OF_VIDEOMODE) += of_videomode.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/display_timing.c b/drivers/video/display_timing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e1822cef571f98a536c177c9d92ad6eb9252390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/display_timing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * generic display timing functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <video/display_timing.h>
+
+void display_timings_release(struct display_timings *disp)
+{
+	if (disp->timings) {
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < disp->num_timings; i++)
+			kfree(disp->timings[i]);
+		kfree(disp->timings);
+	}
+	kfree(disp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(display_timings_release);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmon.c b/drivers/video/fbmon.c
index cef65574db6c09bd906d3ab2eac8c235f208dedf..94ad0f71383c7fa71563332b3ab0fad9276dd2ab 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmon.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <video/edid.h>
+#include <video/of_videomode.h>
+#include <video/videomode.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_OF
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
@@ -1373,6 +1375,98 @@ int fb_get_mode(int flags, u32 val, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_inf
 	kfree(timings);
 	return err;
 }
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VIDEOMODE)
+int fb_videomode_from_videomode(const struct videomode *vm,
+				struct fb_videomode *fbmode)
+{
+	unsigned int htotal, vtotal;
+
+	fbmode->xres = vm->hactive;
+	fbmode->left_margin = vm->hback_porch;
+	fbmode->right_margin = vm->hfront_porch;
+	fbmode->hsync_len = vm->hsync_len;
+
+	fbmode->yres = vm->vactive;
+	fbmode->upper_margin = vm->vback_porch;
+	fbmode->lower_margin = vm->vfront_porch;
+	fbmode->vsync_len = vm->vsync_len;
+
+	/* prevent division by zero in KHZ2PICOS macro */
+	fbmode->pixclock = vm->pixelclock ?
+			KHZ2PICOS(vm->pixelclock / 1000) : 0;
+
+	fbmode->sync = 0;
+	fbmode->vmode = 0;
+	if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_HSYNC_HIGH)
+		fbmode->sync |= FB_SYNC_HOR_HIGH_ACT;
+	if (vm->dmt_flags & VESA_DMT_HSYNC_HIGH)
+		fbmode->sync |= FB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH_ACT;
+	if (vm->data_flags & DISPLAY_FLAGS_INTERLACED)
+		fbmode->vmode |= FB_VMODE_INTERLACED;
+	if (vm->data_flags & DISPLAY_FLAGS_DOUBLESCAN)
+		fbmode->vmode |= FB_VMODE_DOUBLE;
+	fbmode->flag = 0;
+
+	htotal = vm->hactive + vm->hfront_porch + vm->hback_porch +
+		 vm->hsync_len;
+	vtotal = vm->vactive + vm->vfront_porch + vm->vback_porch +
+		 vm->vsync_len;
+	/* prevent division by zero */
+	if (htotal && vtotal) {
+		fbmode->refresh = vm->pixelclock / (htotal * vtotal);
+	/* a mode must have htotal and vtotal != 0 or it is invalid */
+	} else {
+		fbmode->refresh = 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_videomode_from_videomode);
+#endif
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_VIDEOMODE)
+static inline void dump_fb_videomode(const struct fb_videomode *m)
+{
+	pr_debug("fb_videomode = %ux%u@%uHz (%ukHz) %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u\n",
+		 m->xres, m->yres, m->refresh, m->pixclock, m->left_margin,
+		 m->right_margin, m->upper_margin, m->lower_margin,
+		 m->hsync_len, m->vsync_len, m->sync, m->vmode, m->flag);
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_get_fb_videomode - get a fb_videomode from devicetree
+ * @np: device_node with the timing specification
+ * @fb: will be set to the return value
+ * @index: index into the list of display timings in devicetree
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION:
+ * This function is expensive and should only be used, if only one mode is to be
+ * read from DT. To get multiple modes start with of_get_display_timings ond
+ * work with that instead.
+ */
+int of_get_fb_videomode(struct device_node *np, struct fb_videomode *fb,
+			int index)
+{
+	struct videomode vm;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = of_get_videomode(np, &vm, index);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	fb_videomode_from_videomode(&vm, fb);
+
+	pr_debug("%s: got %dx%d display mode from %s\n",
+		of_node_full_name(np), vm.hactive, vm.vactive, np->name);
+	dump_fb_videomode(fb);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_fb_videomode);
+#endif
+
 #else
 int fb_parse_edid(unsigned char *edid, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c b/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13ecd9897010f986e04a43afdeeaee5ae2d1909b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/*
+ * OF helpers for parsing display timings
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * based on of_videomode.c by Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <video/display_timing.h>
+#include <video/of_display_timing.h>
+
+/**
+ * parse_timing_property - parse timing_entry from device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the property
+ * @name: name of the property
+ * @result: will be set to the return value
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION:
+ * Every display_timing can be specified with either just the typical value or
+ * a range consisting of min/typ/max. This function helps handling this
+ **/
+static int parse_timing_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name,
+			  struct timing_entry *result)
+{
+	struct property *prop;
+	int length, cells, ret;
+
+	prop = of_find_property(np, name, &length);
+	if (!prop) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not find property %s\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np), name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	cells = length / sizeof(u32);
+	if (cells == 1) {
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, name, &result->typ);
+		result->min = result->typ;
+		result->max = result->typ;
+	} else if (cells == 3) {
+		ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, name, &result->min, cells);
+	} else {
+		pr_err("%s: illegal timing specification in %s\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np), name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_get_display_timing - parse display_timing entry from device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the properties
+ **/
+static struct display_timing *of_get_display_timing(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct display_timing *dt;
+	u32 val = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dt) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not allocate display_timing struct\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "hback-porch", &dt->hback_porch);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "hfront-porch", &dt->hfront_porch);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "hactive", &dt->hactive);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "hsync-len", &dt->hsync_len);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "vback-porch", &dt->vback_porch);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "vfront-porch", &dt->vfront_porch);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "vactive", &dt->vactive);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "vsync-len", &dt->vsync_len);
+	ret |= parse_timing_property(np, "clock-frequency", &dt->pixelclock);
+
+	dt->dmt_flags = 0;
+	dt->data_flags = 0;
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "vsync-active", &val))
+		dt->dmt_flags |= val ? VESA_DMT_VSYNC_HIGH :
+				VESA_DMT_VSYNC_LOW;
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "hsync-active", &val))
+		dt->dmt_flags |= val ? VESA_DMT_HSYNC_HIGH :
+				VESA_DMT_HSYNC_LOW;
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "de-active", &val))
+		dt->data_flags |= val ? DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_HIGH :
+				DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_LOW;
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "pixelclk-active", &val))
+		dt->data_flags |= val ? DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_POSEDGE :
+				DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE;
+
+	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "interlaced"))
+		dt->data_flags |= DISPLAY_FLAGS_INTERLACED;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "doublescan"))
+		dt->data_flags |= DISPLAY_FLAGS_DOUBLESCAN;
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s: error reading timing properties\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		kfree(dt);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * of_get_display_timings - parse all display_timing entries from a device_node
+ * @np: device_node with the subnodes
+ **/
+struct display_timings *of_get_display_timings(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct device_node *timings_np;
+	struct device_node *entry;
+	struct device_node *native_mode;
+	struct display_timings *disp;
+
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("%s: no devicenode given\n", of_node_full_name(np));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	timings_np = of_find_node_by_name(np, "display-timings");
+	if (!timings_np) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not find display-timings node\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	disp = kzalloc(sizeof(*disp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!disp) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not allocate struct disp'\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		goto dispfail;
+	}
+
+	entry = of_parse_phandle(timings_np, "native-mode", 0);
+	/* assume first child as native mode if none provided */
+	if (!entry)
+		entry = of_get_next_child(np, NULL);
+	/* if there is no child, it is useless to go on */
+	if (!entry) {
+		pr_err("%s: no timing specifications given\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		goto entryfail;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("%s: using %s as default timing\n",
+		of_node_full_name(np), entry->name);
+
+	native_mode = entry;
+
+	disp->num_timings = of_get_child_count(timings_np);
+	if (disp->num_timings == 0) {
+		/* should never happen, as entry was already found above */
+		pr_err("%s: no timings specified\n", of_node_full_name(np));
+		goto entryfail;
+	}
+
+	disp->timings = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_timing *) *
+				disp->num_timings, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!disp->timings) {
+		pr_err("%s: could not allocate timings array\n",
+			of_node_full_name(np));
+		goto entryfail;
+	}
+
+	disp->num_timings = 0;
+	disp->native_mode = 0;
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(timings_np, entry) {
+		struct display_timing *dt;
+
+		dt = of_get_display_timing(entry);
+		if (!dt) {
+			/*
+			 * to not encourage wrong devicetrees, fail in case of
+			 * an error
+			 */
+			pr_err("%s: error in timing %d\n",
+				of_node_full_name(np), disp->num_timings + 1);
+			goto timingfail;
+		}
+
+		if (native_mode == entry)
+			disp->native_mode = disp->num_timings;
+
+		disp->timings[disp->num_timings] = dt;
+		disp->num_timings++;
+	}
+	of_node_put(timings_np);
+	/*
+	 * native_mode points to the device_node returned by of_parse_phandle
+	 * therefore call of_node_put on it
+	 */
+	of_node_put(native_mode);
+
+	pr_debug("%s: got %d timings. Using timing #%d as default\n",
+		of_node_full_name(np), disp->num_timings,
+		disp->native_mode + 1);
+
+	return disp;
+
+timingfail:
+	if (native_mode)
+		of_node_put(native_mode);
+	display_timings_release(disp);
+entryfail:
+	kfree(disp);
+dispfail:
+	of_node_put(timings_np);
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_display_timings);
+
+/**
+ * of_display_timings_exist - check if a display-timings node is provided
+ * @np: device_node with the timing
+ **/
+int of_display_timings_exist(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct device_node *timings_np;
+
+	if (!np)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	timings_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "display-timings", 0);
+	if (!timings_np)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	of_node_put(timings_np);
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_display_timings_exist);
diff --git a/drivers/video/of_videomode.c b/drivers/video/of_videomode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b8066cd397ff1edcd7b35e63e77c0e7d72e639b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/of_videomode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * generic videomode helper
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <video/display_timing.h>
+#include <video/of_display_timing.h>
+#include <video/of_videomode.h>
+#include <video/videomode.h>
+
+/**
+ * of_get_videomode - get the videomode #<index> from devicetree
+ * @np - devicenode with the display_timings
+ * @vm - set to return value
+ * @index - index into list of display_timings
+ *	    (Set this to OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE to use whatever mode is
+ *	     specified as native mode in the DT.)
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION:
+ * Get a list of all display timings and put the one
+ * specified by index into *vm. This function should only be used, if
+ * only one videomode is to be retrieved. A driver that needs to work
+ * with multiple/all videomodes should work with
+ * of_get_display_timings instead.
+ **/
+int of_get_videomode(struct device_node *np, struct videomode *vm,
+		     int index)
+{
+	struct display_timings *disp;
+	int ret;
+
+	disp = of_get_display_timings(np);
+	if (!disp) {
+		pr_err("%s: no timings specified\n", of_node_full_name(np));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (index == OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE)
+		index = disp->native_mode;
+
+	ret = videomode_from_timing(disp, vm, index);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	display_timings_release(disp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_videomode);
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/hw.c b/drivers/video/via/hw.c
index 80233dae358ae1e1784d647e41382f90603bd23c..22450908306c3f77b454a6396d82c6363f60943d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/hw.c
@@ -1467,10 +1467,10 @@ void viafb_set_vclock(u32 clk, int set_iga)
 	via_write_misc_reg_mask(0x0C, 0x0C); /* select external clock */
 }
 
-struct display_timing var_to_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
+struct via_display_timing var_to_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	u16 cxres, u16 cyres)
 {
-	struct display_timing timing;
+	struct via_display_timing timing;
 	u16 dx = (var->xres - cxres) / 2, dy = (var->yres - cyres) / 2;
 
 	timing.hor_addr = cxres;
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ struct display_timing var_to_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 void viafb_fill_crtc_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	u16 cxres, u16 cyres, int iga)
 {
-	struct display_timing crt_reg = var_to_timing(var,
+	struct via_display_timing crt_reg = var_to_timing(var,
 		cxres ? cxres : var->xres, cyres ? cyres : var->yres);
 
 	if (iga == IGA1)
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/hw.h b/drivers/video/via/hw.h
index a8205754c7361ff2d68662892cbc581abaad2706..3be073c58b03b6b5e1c1c64d16298fa317053da5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/video/via/hw.h
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ extern int viafb_LCD_ON;
 extern int viafb_DVI_ON;
 extern int viafb_hotplug;
 
-struct display_timing var_to_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
+struct via_display_timing var_to_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	u16 cxres, u16 cyres);
 void viafb_fill_crtc_timing(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	u16 cxres, u16 cyres, int iga);
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/lcd.c b/drivers/video/via/lcd.c
index 980ee1b1dcf313b9dc98a6689b7cac48c702d887..5d21ff436ec80a313dc9133a22b1db08ab7006ae 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/lcd.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void viafb_lcd_set_mode(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, u16 cxres,
 	int panel_hres = plvds_setting_info->lcd_panel_hres;
 	int panel_vres = plvds_setting_info->lcd_panel_vres;
 	u32 clock;
-	struct display_timing timing;
+	struct via_display_timing timing;
 	struct fb_var_screeninfo panel_var;
 	const struct fb_videomode *mode_crt_table, *panel_crt_table;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/share.h b/drivers/video/via/share.h
index 3158dfc90bed9126ae6fbd0b2dc034c6f6f0cfa3..65c65c611e0aa583bec01abff384d28d1d6d1dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/share.h
+++ b/drivers/video/via/share.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ struct crt_mode_table {
 	int refresh_rate;
 	int h_sync_polarity;
 	int v_sync_polarity;
-	struct display_timing crtc;
+	struct via_display_timing crtc;
 };
 
 struct io_reg {
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.c b/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.c
index 0e431aee17bbcc83a330ffdda6623d477a84ac8f..0b414b09b9b455320dd4d338a946faa3e3cf6ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.c
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 
-void via_set_primary_timing(const struct display_timing *timing)
+void via_set_primary_timing(const struct via_display_timing *timing)
 {
-	struct display_timing raw;
+	struct via_display_timing raw;
 
 	raw.hor_total = timing->hor_total / 8 - 5;
 	raw.hor_addr = timing->hor_addr / 8 - 1;
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ void via_set_primary_timing(const struct display_timing *timing)
 	via_write_reg_mask(VIACR, 0x17, 0x80, 0x80);
 }
 
-void via_set_secondary_timing(const struct display_timing *timing)
+void via_set_secondary_timing(const struct via_display_timing *timing)
 {
-	struct display_timing raw;
+	struct via_display_timing raw;
 
 	raw.hor_total = timing->hor_total - 1;
 	raw.hor_addr = timing->hor_addr - 1;
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.h b/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.h
index 06e09fe351ae86a209b139e88687d1f8f8f9d7e2..f6a6503da3b38b1d37c3c3d92e28d7ef2abd1b72 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.h
+++ b/drivers/video/via/via_modesetting.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define VIA_PITCH_MAX	0x3FF8
 
 
-struct display_timing {
+struct via_display_timing {
 	u16 hor_total;
 	u16 hor_addr;
 	u16 hor_blank_start;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ struct display_timing {
 };
 
 
-void via_set_primary_timing(const struct display_timing *timing);
-void via_set_secondary_timing(const struct display_timing *timing);
+void via_set_primary_timing(const struct via_display_timing *timing);
+void via_set_secondary_timing(const struct via_display_timing *timing);
 void via_set_primary_address(u32 addr);
 void via_set_secondary_address(u32 addr);
 void via_set_primary_pitch(u32 pitch);
diff --git a/drivers/video/videomode.c b/drivers/video/videomode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21c47a202afa54c583c9a42bc4ac2f3bea751647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/videomode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * generic display timing functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <video/display_timing.h>
+#include <video/videomode.h>
+
+int videomode_from_timing(const struct display_timings *disp,
+			  struct videomode *vm, unsigned int index)
+{
+	struct display_timing *dt;
+
+	dt = display_timings_get(disp, index);
+	if (!dt)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	vm->pixelclock = display_timing_get_value(&dt->pixelclock, TE_TYP);
+	vm->hactive = display_timing_get_value(&dt->hactive, TE_TYP);
+	vm->hfront_porch = display_timing_get_value(&dt->hfront_porch, TE_TYP);
+	vm->hback_porch = display_timing_get_value(&dt->hback_porch, TE_TYP);
+	vm->hsync_len = display_timing_get_value(&dt->hsync_len, TE_TYP);
+
+	vm->vactive = display_timing_get_value(&dt->vactive, TE_TYP);
+	vm->vfront_porch = display_timing_get_value(&dt->vfront_porch, TE_TYP);
+	vm->vback_porch = display_timing_get_value(&dt->vback_porch, TE_TYP);
+	vm->vsync_len = display_timing_get_value(&dt->vsync_len, TE_TYP);
+
+	vm->dmt_flags = dt->dmt_flags;
+	vm->data_flags = dt->data_flags;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(videomode_from_timing);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index e74731c1a912943b4377efa551167abc2a31a885..3aaa50d64451f717c65473bfd365eeaa06a2c96e 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ struct module;
 struct drm_file;
 struct drm_device;
 
+struct device_node;
+struct videomode;
+
 #include <drm/drm_os_linux.h>
 #include <drm/drm_hashtab.h>
 #include <drm/drm_mm.h>
@@ -1469,6 +1472,12 @@ extern struct drm_display_mode *
 drm_mode_create_from_cmdline_mode(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_cmdline_mode *cmd);
 
+extern int drm_display_mode_from_videomode(const struct videomode *vm,
+					   struct drm_display_mode *dmode);
+extern int of_get_drm_display_mode(struct device_node *np,
+				   struct drm_display_mode *dmode,
+				   int index);
+
 /* Modesetting support */
 extern void drm_vblank_pre_modeset(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 extern void drm_vblank_post_modeset(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index c7a95714b1fe68e7f9b67e990a384cac0f490044..58b98606ac266fa86fdfe3a63c42b235a984e7b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 struct fb_info;
 struct device;
 struct file;
+struct videomode;
+struct device_node;
 
 /* Definitions below are used in the parsed monitor specs */
 #define FB_DPMS_ACTIVE_OFF	1
@@ -714,6 +716,12 @@ extern void fb_destroy_modedb(struct fb_videomode *modedb);
 extern int fb_find_mode_cvt(struct fb_videomode *mode, int margins, int rb);
 extern unsigned char *fb_ddc_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter);
 
+extern int of_get_fb_videomode(struct device_node *np,
+			       struct fb_videomode *fb,
+			       int index);
+extern int fb_videomode_from_videomode(const struct videomode *vm,
+				       struct fb_videomode *fbmode);
+
 /* drivers/video/modedb.c */
 #define VESA_MODEDB_SIZE 34
 extern void fb_var_to_videomode(struct fb_videomode *mode,
diff --git a/include/video/display_timing.h b/include/video/display_timing.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..71e9a383a98156c4a67a9b0ef69f91db827505bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/video/display_timing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * description of display timings
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_DISPLAY_TIMING_H
+#define __LINUX_DISPLAY_TIMING_H
+
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* VESA display monitor timing parameters */
+#define VESA_DMT_HSYNC_LOW		BIT(0)
+#define VESA_DMT_HSYNC_HIGH		BIT(1)
+#define VESA_DMT_VSYNC_LOW		BIT(2)
+#define VESA_DMT_VSYNC_HIGH		BIT(3)
+
+/* display specific flags */
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_LOW		BIT(0)	/* data enable flag */
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_HIGH		BIT(1)
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_POSEDGE	BIT(2)	/* drive data on pos. edge */
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE	BIT(3)	/* drive data on neg. edge */
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_INTERLACED	BIT(4)
+#define DISPLAY_FLAGS_DOUBLESCAN	BIT(5)
+
+/*
+ * A single signal can be specified via a range of minimal and maximal values
+ * with a typical value, that lies somewhere inbetween.
+ */
+struct timing_entry {
+	u32 min;
+	u32 typ;
+	u32 max;
+};
+
+enum timing_entry_index {
+	TE_MIN = 0,
+	TE_TYP = 1,
+	TE_MAX = 2,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Single "mode" entry. This describes one set of signal timings a display can
+ * have in one setting. This struct can later be converted to struct videomode
+ * (see include/video/videomode.h). As each timing_entry can be defined as a
+ * range, one struct display_timing may become multiple struct videomodes.
+ *
+ * Example: hsync active high, vsync active low
+ *
+ *				    Active Video
+ * Video  ______________________XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_____________________
+ *	  |<- sync ->|<- back ->|<----- active ----->|<- front ->|<- sync..
+ *	  |	     |	 porch  |		     |	 porch	 |
+ *
+ * HSync _|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|___________________________________________|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
+ *
+ * VSync ¯|__________|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|_________
+ */
+struct display_timing {
+	struct timing_entry pixelclock;
+
+	struct timing_entry hactive;		/* hor. active video */
+	struct timing_entry hfront_porch;	/* hor. front porch */
+	struct timing_entry hback_porch;	/* hor. back porch */
+	struct timing_entry hsync_len;		/* hor. sync len */
+
+	struct timing_entry vactive;		/* ver. active video */
+	struct timing_entry vfront_porch;	/* ver. front porch */
+	struct timing_entry vback_porch;	/* ver. back porch */
+	struct timing_entry vsync_len;		/* ver. sync len */
+
+	unsigned int dmt_flags;			/* VESA DMT flags */
+	unsigned int data_flags;		/* video data flags */
+};
+
+/*
+ * This describes all timing settings a display provides.
+ * The native_mode is the default setting for this display.
+ * Drivers that can handle multiple videomodes should work with this struct and
+ * convert each entry to the desired end result.
+ */
+struct display_timings {
+	unsigned int num_timings;
+	unsigned int native_mode;
+
+	struct display_timing **timings;
+};
+
+/* get value specified by index from struct timing_entry */
+static inline u32 display_timing_get_value(const struct timing_entry *te,
+					   enum timing_entry_index index)
+{
+	switch (index) {
+	case TE_MIN:
+		return te->min;
+		break;
+	case TE_TYP:
+		return te->typ;
+		break;
+	case TE_MAX:
+		return te->max;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return te->typ;
+	}
+}
+
+/* get one entry from struct display_timings */
+static inline struct display_timing *display_timings_get(const struct
+							 display_timings *disp,
+							 unsigned int index)
+{
+	if (disp->num_timings > index)
+		return disp->timings[index];
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+void display_timings_release(struct display_timings *disp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/video/of_display_timing.h b/include/video/of_display_timing.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8016eb727cf33ae27a059fc845f9181fcf6eb0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/video/of_display_timing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * display timings of helpers
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMING_H
+#define __LINUX_OF_DISPLAY_TIMING_H
+
+struct device_node;
+struct display_timings;
+
+#define OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE -1
+
+struct display_timings *of_get_display_timings(struct device_node *np);
+int of_display_timings_exist(struct device_node *np);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/video/of_videomode.h b/include/video/of_videomode.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a07efcc51424bec7609d60baa313ec54c9d0288f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/video/of_videomode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * videomode of-helpers
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_OF_VIDEOMODE_H
+#define __LINUX_OF_VIDEOMODE_H
+
+struct device_node;
+struct videomode;
+
+int of_get_videomode(struct device_node *np, struct videomode *vm,
+		     int index);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_OF_VIDEOMODE_H */
diff --git a/include/video/videomode.h b/include/video/videomode.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a42156234dd4e2f8a6563c39f60c31546ddc893a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/video/videomode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * generic videomode description
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_VIDEOMODE_H
+#define __LINUX_VIDEOMODE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <video/display_timing.h>
+
+/*
+ * Subsystem independent description of a videomode.
+ * Can be generated from struct display_timing.
+ */
+struct videomode {
+	unsigned long pixelclock;	/* pixelclock in Hz */
+
+	u32 hactive;
+	u32 hfront_porch;
+	u32 hback_porch;
+	u32 hsync_len;
+
+	u32 vactive;
+	u32 vfront_porch;
+	u32 vback_porch;
+	u32 vsync_len;
+
+	unsigned int dmt_flags;	/* VESA DMT flags */
+	unsigned int data_flags; /* video data flags */
+};
+
+/**
+ * videomode_from_timing - convert display timing to videomode
+ * @disp: structure with all possible timing entries
+ * @vm: return value
+ * @index: index into the list of display timings in devicetree
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION:
+ * This function converts a struct display_timing to a struct videomode.
+ */
+int videomode_from_timing(const struct display_timings *disp,
+			  struct videomode *vm, unsigned int index);
+
+#endif