Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] drm/mediatek: mtk_dsi: Create connector for bridges

[Enric Balletbo i Serra]

Hi Chun-Kuang,

Thank you for your review.

On 1/5/20 16:26, Chun-Kuang Hu wrote:
> Hi, Enric:
> 
> Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> æ 2020å4æ17æ éä äå11:06åéï
>>
>> Use the drm_bridge_connector helper to create a connector for pipelines
>> that use drm_bridge. This allows splitting connector operations across
>> multiple bridges when necessary, instead of having the last bridge in
>> the chain creating the connector and handling all connector operations
>> internally.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Move the bridge.type line to the patch that adds drm_bridge support. (Laurent Pinchart)
>>
>> Changes in v2: None
>>
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c
>> index 157097c63b23..85f76b01ae4d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>>
>>  #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
>>  #include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
>> +#include <drm/drm_bridge_connector.h>
>>  #include <drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h>
>>  #include <drm/drm_of.h>
>>  #include <drm/drm_panel.h>
>> @@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ struct mtk_dsi {
>>         struct drm_encoder encoder;
>>         struct drm_bridge bridge;
>>         struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
>> +       struct drm_connector *connector;
>>         struct phy *phy;
>>
>>         void __iomem *regs;
>> @@ -977,10 +979,19 @@ static int mtk_dsi_encoder_init(struct drm_device *drm, struct mtk_dsi *dsi)
>>          */
>>         dsi->encoder.possible_crtcs = 1;
>>
>> -       ret = drm_bridge_attach(&dsi->encoder, &dsi->bridge, NULL, 0);
>> +       ret = drm_bridge_attach(&dsi->encoder, &dsi->bridge, NULL,
>> +                               DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
>>         if (ret)
>>                 goto err_cleanup_encoder;
>>
>> +       dsi->connector = drm_bridge_connector_init(drm, &dsi->encoder);
>> +       if (IS_ERR(dsi->connector)) {
>> +               DRM_ERROR("Unable to create bridge connector\n");
>> +               ret = PTR_ERR(dsi->connector);
>> +               goto err_cleanup_encoder;
>> +       }
>> +       drm_connector_attach_encoder(dsi->connector, &dsi->encoder);
>> +
> 
> I'm not very clear about how brige-connector works, but why connector
> does not attach to panel?
> 

Laurent or other drm maintainers might have more details than me, but, AFAIK the
drm_bridge_connector_init initializes a connector for a chain of bridges that
starts at the @encoder. At this point you don't know which bridge is connected
to the panel physically but doesn't really matter as what you know is that will
be only one connector in the  chain.

Thanks,
 Enric

> Regards,
> Chun-Kuang.
> 
>>         return 0;
>>
>>  err_cleanup_encoder:
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>