[PATCH v10 0/4] Separate panel orientation property creating and value setting

[Hsin-Yi Wang]

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 6:56 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 5/30/22 13:34, Hsin-Yi Wang wrote:
> > On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 4:53 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 5/30/22 10:19, Hsin-Yi Wang wrote:
> >>> Some drivers, eg. mtk_drm and msm_drm, rely on the panel to set the
> >>> orientation. Panel calls drm_connector_set_panel_orientation() to create
> >>> orientation property and sets the value. However, connector properties
> >>> can't be created after drm_dev_register() is called. The goal is to
> >>> separate the orientation property creation, so drm drivers can create it
> >>> earlier before drm_dev_register().
> >>
> >> Sorry for jumping in pretty late in the discussion (based on the v10
> >> I seem to have missed this before).
> >>
> >> This sounds to me like the real issue here is that drm_dev_register()
> >> is getting called too early?
> >>
> > Right.
> >
> >> To me it seems sensible to delay calling drm_dev_register() and
> >> thus allowing userspace to start detecting available displays +
> >> features until after the panel has been probed.
> >>
> >
> > Most panels set this value very late, in .get_modes callback (since it
> > is when the connector is known), though the value was known during
> > panel probe.
>
> Hmm I would expect the main drm/kms driver to register the drm_connector
> object after probing the panel, right ?
>
> So maybe this is a problem with the panel API? How about adding
> separate callback to the panel API to get the orientation, which the
> main drm/kms driver can then call before registering the connector ?
>
> And then have the main drm/kms driver call
> drm_connector_set_panel_orientation() with the returned orientation
> on the connecter before registering it.
>
> The new get_orientation callback for the panel should of course
> be optional (IOW amy be NULL), so we probably want a small
> helper for drivers using panel (sub)drivers to take care of
> the process of getting the panel orientation from the panel
> (if supported) and then setting it on the connector.
>

Hi Hans,

Thanks for the suggestion. I've sent a new version for this:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dri-devel/patch/20220601081823.1038797-2-hsinyi@chromium.org/

Panel can implement the optional callback to return the orientation
property, while drm/kms driver will call a drm API to get the value
then they can call drm_connector_set_panel_orientation().
Panel .get_mode will still call drm_connector_set_panel_orientation()
but now it will be a no-op as the value was set by drm/kms driver
previously.

This is similar to the small patch below:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20220530113033.124072-1-hsinyi@chromium.org/
But it's now using the panel API.

>
> > I think we can also let drm check if they have remote panel nodes: If
> > there is a panel and the panel sets the orientation, let the drm read
> > this value and set the property. Does this workflow sound reasonable?
> >
> > The corresponding patch to implement this:
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20220530113033.124072-1-hsinyi@chromium.org/
>
> That is a suprisingly small patch (which is good). I guess that
> my suggestion to add a new panel driver callback to get
> the orientation would be a bit bigget then this. Still I think
> that that would be a bit cleaner, as it would also solve this
> for cases where the orientation comes from the panel itself
> (through say some EDID extenstion) rather then from devicetree.
>
> Still I think either way should be acceptable upstream.
>
> Opinions from other drm devs on the above are very much welcome!
>
> Your small patch nicely avoids the probe ordering problem,
> so it is much better then this patch series.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >> I see a devicetree patch in this series, so I guess that the panel
> >> is described in devicetree. Especially in the case of devicetree
> >> I would expect the kernel to have enough info to do the right
> >> thing and make sure the panel is probed before calling
> >> drm_dev_register() ?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Hans
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> After this series, drm_connector_set_panel_orientation() works like
> >>> before. It won't affect existing callers of
> >>> drm_connector_set_panel_orientation(). The only difference is that
> >>> some drm drivers can call drm_connector_init_panel_orientation_property()
> >>> earlier.
> >>>
> >>> Hsin-Yi Wang (4):
> >>>   gpu: drm: separate panel orientation property creating and value
> >>>     setting
> >>>   drm/mediatek: init panel orientation property
> >>>   drm/msm: init panel orientation property
> >>>   arm64: dts: mt8183: Add panel rotation
> >>>
> >>>  .../arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183-kukui.dtsi |  1 +
> >>>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c               | 58 ++++++++++++++-----
> >>>  drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dsi.c            |  7 +++
> >>>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_manager.c         |  4 ++
> >>>  include/drm/drm_connector.h                   |  2 +
> >>>  5 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>
> >
>