Re: [v8 1/6] drm/panel: add basic DP AUX backlight support

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 6:39 AM Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 2:41 AM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > +     ret = drm_dp_dpcd_read(aux, DP_EDP_DPCD_REV, edp_dpcd,
> > > +                            EDP_DISPLAY_CTL_CAP_SIZE);
> >
> > This creates a cyclic dependency between drm_kms_helper-ko and drm.ko.
> > drm_panel.c is in the latter, while drm_dp_dpcd_read() in
> > drm_dp_helper.c is in the former. Please fix.
>
> Yeah, this was reported Friday and I posted a patch to try to fix it:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210709152909.1.I23eb4cc5a680341e7b3e791632a635566fa5806a@changeid/
>
> I see Rajeev had some feedback on it. Once I've dug out of my weekend
> email hole I'll take a look at plan to post a v2 ASAP.

Breadcrumbs: v2 of the fix is at:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210712075933.v2.1.I23eb4cc5a680341e7b3e791632a635566fa5806a@changeid/

I'm hoping this looks OK so we can get this resolved before it trips
too many people up.

-Doug