[PATCH v3 18/19] drm/tve200: don't create a panel_bridge

From: Luca Ceresoli

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 10:11:02 EST


Now a panel_bridge is automatically created for every drm_panel and the
panel-bridge API is just a deprecated wrapper to access it.

Update and simplify the code by just getting a reference to the
already-existing bridge using of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint().

And since of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() returns a refcounted bridge, take
care of putting the bridge reference.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig | 1 -
drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h | 1 -
drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c | 30 +++++++-----------------------
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig
index c0746ae8f703..afe243df4ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ config DRM_TVE200
select DRM_BRIDGE
select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
select DRM_PANEL
- select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
select DRM_KMS_HELPER
select DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER
help
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h
index 631a9f5d9aa6..708f8020667a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ struct tve200_drm_dev_private {
struct drm_device *drm;

struct drm_connector *connector;
- struct drm_panel *panel;
struct drm_bridge *bridge;
struct drm_plane plane;
struct drm_crtc crtc;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c
index 63ca4a53fc4c..9874554e5065 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static int tve200_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
{
struct drm_mode_config *mode_config;
struct tve200_drm_dev_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
- struct drm_panel *panel;
struct drm_bridge *bridge;
int ret;

@@ -77,19 +76,10 @@ static int tve200_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
mode_config->min_height = 240;
mode_config->max_height = 576;

- ret = drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(dev->dev->of_node,
- 0, 0, &panel, &bridge);
- if (ret && ret != -ENODEV)
- return ret;
- if (panel) {
- bridge = drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(panel,
- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown);
- drm_panel_put(panel);
- if (IS_ERR(bridge)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(bridge);
- goto out_bridge;
- }
- } else {
+ bridge = of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint(dev->dev->of_node, 0, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(bridge) && PTR_ERR(bridge) != -ENODEV)
+ return PTR_ERR(bridge);
+ if (IS_ERR(bridge) || !drm_bridge_is_panel(bridge)) {
/*
* TODO: when we are using a different bridge than a panel
* (such as a dumb VGA connector) we need to devise a different
@@ -100,6 +90,8 @@ static int tve200_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
goto out_bridge;
}

+ bridge->type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown;
+
ret = tve200_display_init(dev);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev->dev, "failed to init display\n");
@@ -121,9 +113,6 @@ static int tve200_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
goto out_bridge;
}

- dev_info(dev->dev, "attached to panel %s\n",
- dev_name(panel->dev));
-
ret = drm_vblank_init(dev, 1);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev->dev, "failed to init vblank\n");
@@ -136,8 +125,6 @@ static int tve200_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
goto finish;

out_bridge:
- if (panel)
- drm_panel_bridge_remove(bridge);
drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev);
finish:
return ret;
@@ -233,8 +220,6 @@ static int tve200_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;

mode_config_cleanup:
- if (priv->panel)
- drm_panel_bridge_remove(priv->bridge);
drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
clk_disable:
clk_disable_unprepare(priv->pclk);
@@ -248,10 +233,9 @@ static void tve200_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct drm_device *drm = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct tve200_drm_dev_private *priv = drm->dev_private;

+ drm_bridge_put(priv->bridge);
drm_dev_unregister(drm);
drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(drm);
- if (priv->panel)
- drm_panel_bridge_remove(priv->bridge);
drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
clk_disable_unprepare(priv->pclk);
drm_dev_put(drm);

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