Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] Introduce new mode validation callbacks

[Daniel Vetter]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 09:56:00AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 01:52:09AM +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
> > This series is a follow up from the discussion at [1]. We start by
> > introducing crtc->mode_valid(), encoder->mode_valid() and
> > bridge->mode_valid() callbacks which will be used in followup
> > patches and also by cleaning the documentation a little bit. This
> > patch is available at [2] and the series depends on it.
> > 
> > We proceed by introducing new helpers to call this new callbacks
> > at 1/10.
> > 
> > At 2/10 a helper function is introduced that calls all mode_valid()
> > from a set of bridges.
> > 
> > Next, at 3/10 we modify the connector probe helper so that only modes
> > which are supported by a given bridge+encoder+crtc combination are
> > probbed.
> > 
> > At 4/10 we call all the mode_valid() callbacks for a given pipeline,
> > except the connector->mode_valid one, so that the mode is validated.
> > This is done before calling mode_fixup().
> > 
> > Finally, from 5/10 to 10/10 we use the new callbacks in drivers that
> > can implement it.
> > 
> > [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9702233/
> > [2] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2017-May/141761.html
> > 
> > Jose Abreu (10):
> >   drm: Add drm_{crtc/encoder/connector}_mode_valid()
> >   drm: Introduce drm_bridge_mode_valid()
> >   drm: Use new mode_valid() helpers in connector probe helper
> >   drm: Use mode_valid() in atomic modeset
> >   drm: arc: Use crtc->mode_valid() callback
> >   drm/bridge: analogix-anx78xx: Use bridge->mode_valid() callback
> >   drm/bridge/synopsys: dw-hdmi: Use bridge->mode_valid() callback
> >   drm/arm: malidp: Use crtc->mode_valid() callback
> >   drm/atmel-hlcdc: Use crtc->mode_valid() callback
> >   drm: vc4: Use crtc->mode_valid() and encoder->mode_valid() callbacks
> 
> Looks all real nice, I think a bit more time to get acks/reviews/tested-by
> for the driver conversions and I'll go and vacuum this all up.

On that: You didn't cc driver maintainers on the driver conversion patches
(not all are bridge drivers maintainer by Archit&co), without that they
might miss it. Please remember to do that (you might need to resend to get
their attention), scripts/get_maintainers.pl helps with that.

Thanks, Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch