[PATCH] drm/mediatek: mtk_dpi: Open-code drm_simple_encoder_init()

From: Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 08:02:38 EST


From: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The helper drm_simple_encoder_init() is a trivial wrapper around
drm_encoder_init() that only provides a static drm_encoder_funcs with
.destroy set to drm_encoder_cleanup(). Open-code the initialization
with a driver-specific instance of drm_encoder_funcs and remove the
dependency on drm_simple_kms_helper.

Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Addresses the "Open-code drm_simple_encoder_init()" task from
Documentation/gpu/todo.rst.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dpi.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dpi.c
index 53360b5d12ba..5b83ca6aecb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dpi.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
#include <drm/drm_bridge_connector.h>
#include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
#include <drm/drm_edid.h>
+#include <drm/drm_encoder.h>
#include <drm/drm_of.h>
-#include <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h>

#include "mtk_ddp_comp.h"
#include "mtk_disp_drv.h"
@@ -993,6 +993,10 @@ static const struct drm_bridge_funcs mtk_dpi_bridge_funcs = {
.debugfs_init = mtk_dpi_debugfs_init,
};

+static const struct drm_encoder_funcs mtk_dpi_encoder_funcs = {
+ .destroy = drm_encoder_cleanup,
+};
+
void mtk_dpi_start(struct device *dev)
{
struct mtk_dpi *dpi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
@@ -1026,8 +1030,8 @@ static int mtk_dpi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
int ret;

dpi->mmsys_dev = priv->mmsys_dev;
- ret = drm_simple_encoder_init(drm_dev, &dpi->encoder,
- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_TMDS);
+ ret = drm_encoder_init(drm_dev, &dpi->encoder, &mtk_dpi_encoder_funcs,
+ DRM_MODE_ENCODER_TMDS, NULL);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Failed to initialize decoder: %d\n", ret);
return ret;

---
base-commit: 4b9c36c83b34f710da9573291404f6a2246251c1
change-id: 20260403-drm-mediatek-opencode-encoder-init-36336e4c4ff3

Best regards,
--
Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@xxxxxxxxxxx>