[PATCH v2 10/10] drm/hisilicon: Add support for external bridge

Xinliang Liu xinliang.liu at linaro.org
Wed Dec 2 03:24:52 PST 2015


On 2 December 2015 at 16:20, Archit Taneja <architt at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/01/2015 08:20 PM, Xinliang Liu wrote:
>>
>> On 1 December 2015 at 17:04, Archit Taneja <architt at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/28/2015 04:09 PM, Xinliang Liu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Add support for external HDMI bridge.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xinliang Liu <xinliang.liu at linaro.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xinwei Kong <kong.kongxinwei at hisilicon.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Andy Green <andy.green at linaro.org>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hisi_drm_dsi.c | 51
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hisi_drm_dsi.c
>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hisi_drm_dsi.c
>>>> index 066e08d..9e056db 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hisi_drm_dsi.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hisi_drm_dsi.c
>>>> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct dsi_hw_ctx {
>>>>
>>>>    struct hisi_dsi {
>>>>          struct drm_encoder encoder;
>>>> +       struct drm_bridge *bridge;
>>>>          struct mipi_dsi_host host;
>>>>          struct drm_display_mode cur_mode;
>>>>          struct dsi_hw_ctx *ctx;
>>>> @@ -671,6 +672,25 @@ static int dsi_host_init(struct device *dev, struct
>>>> hisi_dsi *dsi)
>>>>          return 0;
>>>>    }
>>>>
>>>> +static int dsi_bridge_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct hisi_dsi
>>>> *dsi)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       struct drm_encoder *encoder = &dsi->encoder;
>>>> +       struct drm_bridge *bridge = dsi->bridge;
>>>> +       int ret;
>>>> +
>>>> +       /* associate the bridge to dsi encoder */
>>>> +       encoder->bridge = bridge;
>>>> +       bridge->encoder = encoder;
>>>> +
>>>> +       ret = drm_bridge_attach(dev, bridge);
>>>> +       if (ret) {
>>>> +               DRM_ERROR("failed to attach exteranl bridge\n");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> s/exteranl/external
>>>
>>
>> will be fixed in v3.
>>
>>>
>>>> +               return ret;
>>>> +       }
>>>> +
>>>> +       return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>    static int dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void
>>>> *data)
>>>>    {
>>>>          struct dsi_data *ddata = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>>>> @@ -686,6 +706,10 @@ static int dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct
>>>> device
>>>> *master, void *data)
>>>>          if (ret)
>>>>                  return ret;
>>>>
>>>> +       ret = dsi_bridge_init(drm_dev, dsi);
>>>> +       if (ret)
>>>> +               return ret;
>>>> +
>>>>          return 0;
>>>>    }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -702,8 +726,35 @@ static const struct component_ops dsi_ops = {
>>>>    static int dsi_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, struct hisi_dsi
>>>> *dsi)
>>>>    {
>>>>          struct dsi_hw_ctx *ctx = dsi->ctx;
>>>> +       struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
>>>> +       struct device_node *endpoint, *bridge_node;
>>>> +       struct drm_bridge *bridge;
>>>>          struct resource *res;
>>>>
>>>> +       /*
>>>> +        * Get the endpoint node. In our case, dsi has one output port
>>>> +        * to which the external HDMI bridge is connected.
>>>> +        */
>>>> +       endpoint = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(np, NULL);
>>>> +       if (!endpoint) {
>>>> +               DRM_ERROR("no valid endpoint node\n");
>>>> +               return -ENODEV;
>>>> +       }
>>>> +       of_node_put(endpoint);
>>>> +
>>>> +       bridge_node = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(endpoint);
>>>> +       if (!bridge_node) {
>>>> +               DRM_ERROR("no valid bridge node\n");
>>>> +               return -ENODEV;
>>>> +       }
>>>> +       of_node_put(bridge_node);
>>>> +
>>>> +       bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(bridge_node);
>>>> +       if (!bridge) {
>>>> +               DRM_INFO("wait for external HDMI bridge driver.\n");
>>>> +               return -EPROBE_DEFER;
>>>> +       }
>>>> +       dsi->bridge = bridge;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This could be left for later, but it would be better if the dsi driver
>>> registers even if the bridge driver module isn't inserted yet, or
>>> happens much later in boot.
>>>
>>> We could achieve this by trying to attach the bridge (done in
>>> dsi_bridge_init) in the dsi_host_attach callback instead of having it
>>> in dsi_bind.
>>
>>
>> Do you mean that it is the right time or place to attach the bridge in
>> dsi_host_attach callback.
>> Why? Because at this time bridge driver must be register?
>
>
> The bridge/panel drivers generally call drm_bridge_add/drm_panel_add and
> mipi_dsi_attach() during probe.
>
> If the driver calls drm_bridge_add() before mipi_dsi_attach() in probe,
> then 'of_drm_find_bridge()' should succeed in the callback. This, however,
> is prone to all sorts of race conditions and hence not the
> best solution.
>
> In the case of panels, a dsi host can always create a dummy connector,
> and search for a panel (of_drm_find_panel) in its 'detect' helper.
> Unfortunately, we don't have a free connector in the case of bridges.
> The connector are, in most cases, created by the bridge driver itself,
> and the dsi host driver has no say over the connector ops.
>
> I don't have a better solution yet, hence I said it could be left for
> later :)

Understand, This is an Initialization dependence of two drivers. One
driver need to do something after other driver init.
I don't think there is a best solution. I prefer to keep waiting in probe stage.

Thanks,
-xinliang

>
> Archit
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -xinliang
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Archit
>>>
>>>>
>>>>          ctx->dsi_cfg_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "pclk_dsi");
>>>>          if (IS_ERR(ctx->dsi_cfg_clk)) {
>>>>
>>>
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