[RFC PATCH 1/2] drm: Introduce drm_panel_prepare_for_mode callback

From: Val Packett

Date: Sun Apr 12 2026 - 07:41:47 EST


Modern OLED panels often need to vary their prepare commands based on the
mode being set (resolution and refresh rate). Introduce a new variant of
the drm_panel_prepare callback that passes the chosen mode as an argument
to allow for this.

Signed-off-by: Val Packett <val@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 8 ++++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
include/drm/drm_panel.h | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
index 184a8b7049a7..58c9d9c44363 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void panel_bridge_atomic_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
struct drm_encoder *encoder = bridge->encoder;
struct drm_crtc *crtc;
- struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state;
+ struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state, *new_crtc_state;

crtc = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_for_encoder(atomic_state, encoder);
if (!crtc)
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ static void panel_bridge_atomic_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
if (old_crtc_state && old_crtc_state->self_refresh_active)
return;

- drm_panel_prepare(panel_bridge->panel);
+ new_crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(atomic_state, crtc);
+ if (!new_crtc_state)
+ return;
+
+ drm_panel_prepare_for_mode(panel_bridge->panel, &new_crtc_state->mode);
}

static void panel_bridge_atomic_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
index d1e6598ea3bc..cc313f778253 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_remove);
* drm_panel_disable() afterwards.
*/
void drm_panel_prepare(struct drm_panel *panel)
+{
+ drm_panel_prepare_for_mode(panel, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_prepare);
+
+void drm_panel_prepare_for_mode(struct drm_panel *panel,
+ struct drm_display_mode *mode)
{
struct drm_panel_follower *follower;
int ret;
@@ -126,7 +133,11 @@ void drm_panel_prepare(struct drm_panel *panel)

mutex_lock(&panel->follower_lock);

- if (panel->funcs && panel->funcs->prepare) {
+ if (panel->funcs && panel->funcs->prepare_for_mode && mode) {
+ ret = panel->funcs->prepare_for_mode(panel, mode);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto exit;
+ } else if (panel->funcs && panel->funcs->prepare) {
ret = panel->funcs->prepare(panel);
if (ret < 0)
goto exit;
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@ void drm_panel_prepare(struct drm_panel *panel)
exit:
mutex_unlock(&panel->follower_lock);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_prepare);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_prepare_for_mode);

/**
* drm_panel_unprepare - power off a panel
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_panel.h b/include/drm/drm_panel.h
index 2407bfa60236..0c2e5232ab20 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_panel.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_panel.h
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ struct drm_panel_funcs {
*/
int (*prepare)(struct drm_panel *panel);

+ /**
+ * @prepare_for_mode:
+ *
+ * Turn on panel and perform set up, with awareness of the mode being set.
+ *
+ * This function is optional.
+ */
+ int (*prepare_for_mode)(struct drm_panel *panel,
+ struct drm_display_mode *mode);
+
/**
* @enable:
*
@@ -331,6 +341,8 @@ void drm_panel_add(struct drm_panel *panel);
void drm_panel_remove(struct drm_panel *panel);

void drm_panel_prepare(struct drm_panel *panel);
+void drm_panel_prepare_for_mode(struct drm_panel *panel,
+ struct drm_display_mode *mode);
void drm_panel_unprepare(struct drm_panel *panel);

void drm_panel_enable(struct drm_panel *panel);
--
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