Re: [PATCH RESEND 12/17] drm/spacemit: add Innosilicon DP/eDP controller bridge driver

From: Cody Kang

Date: Sat Aug 08 2026 - 09:31:07 EST


Hi Philipp,

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:49:58 +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> On Sa, 2026-07-25 at 00:51 -0400, Cody Kang via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Cody Kang <codykang.hk@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add the DP/eDP controller that sits downstream of the Saturn DPU. Two
> > identical instances share one compatible; the eDP-vs-DP role is board
> > wiring, so it is taken from the devicetree: an eDP panel always sits
> > under an aux-bus child node, an external DP connector never does.
> >
> > The link is driven through the generic PHY framework, so the controller
> > never touches a PLL register. The controller's HPD interrupt is gated by
> > the DP pixel clock, which can be off exactly when a plug has to be
> > caught, so the connector is also polled and the interrupt path re-reads
> > the live level when it does fire.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cody Kang <codykang.hk@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/Kconfig | 19 +
> > drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/Makefile | 3 +
> > drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/spacemit_inno_dp.c | 2443 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/spacemit_inno_dp.h | 328 ++++
> > 4 files changed, 2793 insertions(+)
> >
> [...]
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/spacemit_inno_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/spacemit_inno_dp.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..e88731d9b18b
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/spacemit/spacemit_inno_dp.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,2443 @@
> [...]
> > +static int inno_dp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > +{
> [...]
> > + dp->reset = devm_reset_control_get_optional_exclusive(&pdev->dev, NULL);
>
> Since this is only asserted in probe and deasserted in remove, you
> could use devm_reset_control_get_optional_exclusive_deasserted() [1].

Thanks for the review. Will do in v2. The binding marks resets as
required, which means I shouldn't use _optional in the first place.
I will use the non-optional devm_reset_control_get_exclusive_deasserted().

> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/reset.html#c.devm_reset_control_get_optional_exclusive_deasserted
>
> > + if (IS_ERR(dp->reset)) {
> > + ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(dp->reset),
> > + "failed to get reset\n");
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > + dp->pxclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "pxclk");
> > + if (IS_ERR(dp->pxclk)) {
> > + ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(dp->pxclk),
> > + "failed to get pxclk\n");
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (dp->edp_mode) {
> > + dp->bridge.type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP;
> > + /*
> > + * OP_DETECT is required: without it
> > + * drm_bridge_connector_detect() hard-codes CONNECTED for any
> > + * eDP connector and fbdev wedges at bind.
> > + */
> > + dp->bridge.ops = DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT | DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID |
> > + DRM_BRIDGE_OP_HPD;
> > + } else {
> > + dp->bridge.type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DisplayPort;
> > + /*
> > + * No OP_HPD: the HPD interrupt is gated by the DP pixel clock.
> > + * Leaving it out marks the connector POLL_CONNECT |
> > + * POLL_DISCONNECT instead.
> > + */
> > + dp->bridge.ops = DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT | DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID |
> > + DRM_BRIDGE_OP_MODES;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (dp->reset) {
>
> This check is not necessary, reset_control_deassert() handles NULL
> pointers.
>
> > + ret = reset_control_deassert(dp->reset);
>
> If the _deasserted() variant is used above, this can be removed and the
> reset control doesn't need to be stored in dp.
>
> > + if (ret) {
> > + dev_err(dev, "failed to deassert reset: %d\n", ret);
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> [...]
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > +err_clk:
> > + clk_disable_unprepare(dp->pxclk);
> > +err_reset:
> > + if (dp->reset)
> > + reset_control_assert(dp->reset);
>
> Same as above. Remove the unnecessary check or manual assertion
> entirely.

Agree, all of these will be fixed in v2.

Cody