Re: [PATCH]"drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from "bool" to "tristate".

[Andrzej Hajda]

Hi,

This patch misses dsi bus un-registration.
However I have reviewed two patches of Takashi which solves
the same issue more completely [1]. These patches were not
accepted neither.

[1]:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2016-August/114870.html

Regards
Andrzej

On 11.10.2016 10:40, Sun, Jing A wrote:
> Dear Maintainers,
>
> It's needed that DRM Driver module could be removed and reloaded after kernel booting on the projects that I have been working on, and I hope such module type change could be accepted. Looks like Iwai has similar change request as well. Would you please review it and let us know if any concerns?
>
> Regards,
> Sun, Jing
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:tiwai@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 5:57 PM
> To: Jani Nikula
> Cc: Sun, Jing A; airlied@xxxxxxxx; Vetter, Daniel; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Takashi Iwai; a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx; Thierry Reding
> Subject: Re: [PATCH]"drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from "bool" to "tristate".
>
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:28:31 +0200,
> Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, "Sun, Jing A" <jing.a.sun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Dear Maintainers,
>>>
>>> Please kindly review my patch as below. It's based on the mainline branch.
>>>
>>> From b401009f79883ac5e9d41525c9d54b800ece2e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 
>>> 2001
>>> From: Jing SUN <jing.a.sun@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:06:54 +0800
>>> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drm: change DRM_MIPI_DSI module type from 
>>> "bool" to  "tristate".
>>>
>>> A lot of drm driver modules, which are designed to be loadable, 
>>> select DRM_MIPI_DSI, while that being "bool" prevents those from 
>>> getting reloaded.
>> You're missing some lists and people from distribution, added now.
>>
>> See the discussion starting at [1]. I don't know if anything has 
>> happened since then. Takashi?
> Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened since my last patch due to little interest.  I'd be glad if the patch is revived.
>
> (BTW, I'm traveling in these two weeks, so the further reply will be
>  delayed.)
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>
>
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/s5hh9bhvj7j.wl-tiwai@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jing SUN <jing.a.sun@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig index 
>>> fc35731..67668a0 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ menuconfig DRM
>>>  	  (/dev/agpgart) support if it is available for your platform.
>>>  
>>>  config DRM_MIPI_DSI
>>> -	bool
>>> +	tristate
>>>  	depends on DRM
>>>  
>>>  config DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV
>> --
>> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>>
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