Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] drm/mediatek: mtk_dsi: Create connector for bridges

From: Chun-Kuang Hu
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 06:11:43 EST

Hi, Enric:

Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> æ 2020å5æ15æ éä äå1:35åéï
>
> Hi again,
>
> On 14/5/20 19:12, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> > Hi Chun-Kuang,
> >
> > On 14/5/20 18:44, Chun-Kuang Hu wrote:
> >> Hi, Enric:
> >>
> >> Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> æ 2020å5æ14æ éå äå11:42åéï
> >>>
> >>> Hi Chun-Kuang,
> >>>
> >>> On 14/5/20 16:28, Chun-Kuang Hu wrote:
> >>>> Hi, Enric:
> >>>>
> >>>> Enric Balletbo Serra <eballetbo@xxxxxxxxx> æ 2020å5æ14æ éå äå12:41åéï
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Chun-Kuang,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Missatge de Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> del
> >>>>> dia dv., 1 de maig 2020 a les 17:25:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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>
> >>>>>> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A gentle ping on this, I think that this one is the only one that
> >>>>> still needs a review in the series.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is what I reply in patch v3:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for missing this.
> >>>
> >>>> I think the panel is wrapped into next_bridge here,
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Yes, you can have for example:
> >>>
> >>> 1. drm_bridge (mtk_dsi) -> drm_bridge (ps8640 - dsi-to-edp) -> drm_panel_bridge
> >>> (edp panel)
> >>>
> >>> or a
> >>>
> >>> 2. drm_bridge (mtk_dsi)-> drm_panel_bridge (dsi panel)
> >>>
> >>> The _first_ one is my use case
> >>>
> >>>> if (panel) {
> >>>
> >>> This handles the second case, where you attach a dsi panel.
> >>>
> >>>> dsi->next_bridge = devm_drm_panel_bridge_add(dev, panel);
> >>>>
> >>>> so the next_bridge is a panel_bridge, in its attach function
> >>>> panel_bridge_attach(),
> >>>> according to the flag DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR, if not exist,
> >>>> it would create connector and attach connector to panel.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not sure this flag would exist or not, but for both case, it's strange.
> >>>> If exist, you create connector in this patch but no where to attach
> >>>> connector to panel.
> >>>
> >>> Yes, in fact, this is transitional patch needed, as once I converted mtk_dpi,
> >>> mtk_dsi and mtk_hdmi to the new drm_bridge API the drm_bridge_connector_init()
> >>> will be done in mtk_drm_drv. We will need to call drm_bridge_connector_init for
> >>> dpi and dsi pipes and remove that call from mtk_dsi and mtk_dpi drivers. The
> >>> graphic controller driver should create connectors and CRTCs, as example you can
> >>> take a look at drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
> >>>
> >>
> >> I have such question because I've reviewed omap's driver. In omap's
> >> driver, after it call drm_bridge_connector_init(), it does this:
> >>
> >> if (pipe->output->panel) {
> >> ret = drm_panel_attach(pipe->output->panel,
> >> pipe->connector);
> >> if (ret < 0)
> >> return ret;
> >> }
> >>
> >> In this patch, you does not do this.
> >>
> >
> > I see, so yes, I am probably missing call drm_panel_attach in case there is a
> > direct panel attached. Thanks for pointing it.
> >
> > I'll send a new version adding the drm_panel_attach call.
> >
>
> Wait, shouldn't panel be attached on the call of mtk_dsi_bridge_attach as
> next_bridge points to a bridge or a panel?
>
> static int mtk_dsi_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
> enum drm_bridge_attach_flags flags)
> {
> struct mtk_dsi *dsi = bridge_to_dsi(bridge);
>
> /* Attach the panel or bridge to the dsi bridge */
> return drm_bridge_attach(bridge->encoder, dsi->next_bridge,
> &dsi->bridge, flags);
> }
>
> Or I am continuing misunderstanding all this?
>

My point is: when do you attach panel to a connector?
In this patch,

ret = drm_bridge_attach(&dsi->encoder, &dsi->bridge, NULL,
DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);

it would call into mtk_dsi_bridge_attach() with
DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR, and call into panel_bridge_attach()
with DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR.
If you does not pass DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR into
panel_bridge_attach(), it would create a connector and attach panel to
that connector.
And you pass DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR into
panel_bridge_attach(), so I thiink you need to create connector and
attach panel to that connector by yourself (this is what omap does).

Regards,
Chun-Kuang.

> >>>> If not exist, the next_brige would create one connector and this brige
> >>>> would create another connector.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think in your case, mtk_dsi does not directly connect to a panel, so
> >>>
> >>> Exactly
> >>>
> >>>> I need a exact explain. Or someone could test this on a
> >>>> directly-connect-panel platform.
> >>>
> >>> I don't think I am breaking this use case but AFAICS there is no users in
> >>> mainline that directly connect a panel using the mediatek driver. As I said my
> >>> use case is the other so I can't really test. Do you know anyone that can test this?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure who can test this, but [1], which is sent by YT Shen in a
> >> series, is a patch to support dsi command mode so dsi could directly
> >> connect to panel.
> >>
> >> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek?h=v5.7-rc5&id=21898816831fc60c92dd634ab4316a24da7eb4af
> >>
> >> It's better that someone could test this case, but if no one would
> >> test this, I could also accept a good-look patch.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Chun-Kuang.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Enric
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Chun-Kuang.
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Enric
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Changes in v4: None
> >>>>>> 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 4f3bd095c1ee..471fcafdf348 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);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> return 0;
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> err_cleanup_encoder:
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> 2.26.2
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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