[RFC PATCH 1/1] drm/exynos: Move platform drivers registration to module init

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Paolo,

On 11/20/2014 04:57 PM, Paolo Pisati wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 03:22:23PM +0530, Vivek Gautam wrote:
>>
>> On linux-samsung tree the only patch that's missing apart from dptx-phy patches
>> is the syscon patch from Pankaj Dubey:
>> b784b98 mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from platform devices
>> 
>> So with below git hash, linux-samsung/for-next display works fine along with
>> other devices that request PMU system controller :
>> 
>> 7bd219e drm/exynos: dp: Remove support for unused dptx-phy
>> e8f21fd arm: dts: Exynos5: Use pmu_system_controller phandle for dp phy
>> 7099bde Revert "Revert "ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable options for
>> display panel support""
>> 713a994 mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from platform devices
>> 7552917 Revert "ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable options for display
>> panel support"             /* This is Kukjin's for-next today */
>> ff0391a Merge branch 'v3.19-samsung-defconfig' into for-next
>> 26c6283 Merge branch 'v3.18-samsung-fixes' into for-next
>> cf864fd Merge branch 'v3.18-samsung-defconfig' into for-next
>> 98b6380 ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable max77802 rtc and clock drivers
>> 839275c ARM: exynos_defconfig: Use 16 minors per MMC block device
>> 0526f27 ARM: dts: Explicitly set dr_mode on exynos5250-snow
>> fc14f9c Linux 3.18-rc5
> 
> are you using a clean exynos_defconfig?
> don't you need Javier's "drm/exynos: Move platform drivers registration to
> module init" patch too?
> 

Since Kukjin's for-next is based on Linux 3.18-rc5, the OF patch that causes
the Exynos DRM deadlock is not there. That commit landed in next20141105.

> kgene/for-next at:
> 
> 7552917 Revert "ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable options for display panel support"
> 
> plus:
> 
> 5e1e068 arm: dts: Exynos5: Use pmu_system_controller phandle for dp phy
> 36d908e drm/exynos: dp: Remove support for unused dptx-phy
> 624bff2 POSTED: mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from syscon devices
> 68944e3 Revert "Revert "ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable options for display panel support""
> 
> hangs with a black screen (albeit backlight seems to be on) on boot.
> I'm betting on Javier's patch at this point (i even tried disabling SND_SOC_SNOW
> but that didn't help).
> 

I only tested with next20141120 but Vivek tested with Kukjin for-next AFAIU.

What's your kernel command line and u-boot env vars?

Best regards,
Javier