[RFC PATCH 11/11] drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Support hotplug detection

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 4:26 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
>
> > > @@ -1365,7 +1384,8 @@ static int ti_sn_bridge_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> > >
> > >         pdata->bridge.funcs = &ti_sn_bridge_funcs;
> > >         pdata->bridge.of_node = client->dev.of_node;
> > > -       pdata->bridge.ops = DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID;
> > > +       pdata->bridge.ops = (pdata->no_hpd ? 0 : DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT)
> >
> > Checking for "no_hpd" here is not the right test IIUC. You want to
> > check for eDP vs. DP (AKA whether a panel is downstream of you or a
> > connector). Specifically if downstream of you is a panel then (I
> > believe) HPD won't assert until you turn on the panel and you won't
> > turn on the panel (which happens in pre_enable, right?) until HPD
> > fires, so you've got a chicken-and-egg problem. If downstream of you
> > is a connector, though, then by definition HPD has to just work
> > without pre_enable running so then you're OK.
>
> Agreed. It's even more true now that your rework has landed, as in the
> eDP case EDID is handled by the panel driver. I'll rework this.
>
> Should I also condition setting HPD_DISABLE to the presence of a panel
> then ? I could drop of_property_read_bool() and set
>
>         pdata->no_hpd = !!panel;
>
> > I guess then you'd need to figure out what to do if someone wants to
> > use "HPD" on eDP. Do you need to put a polling loop in pre_enable
> > then? Or you could just punt not support this case until someone needs
> > it.
>
> I think I'll stop short of saving the world this time, yes :-) We'll see
> what to do when this case arises.

How about as a compromise you still call of_property_read_bool() but
add some type of warning in the logs if someone didn't set "no-hpd"
but they have a panel?


> > > +                         | DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID;
> >
> > IMO somewhere in here if HPD is being used like this you should throw
> > in a call to pm_runtime_get_sync(). I guess in your solution the
> > regulators (for the bridge, not the panel) and enable pin are just
> > left on all the time,
>
> Correct, on my development board the SN65DSI86 is on all the time, I
> can't control that.
>
> > but plausibly someone might want to build a
> > system to use HPD and also have the enable pin and/or regulators
> > controlled by this driver, right?
>
> True. DRM doesn't make this very easy, as, as far as I can tell, there's
> no standard infrastructure for userspace to register an interest in HPD
> that could be notified to bridges. I think it should be fixable, but
> it's out of scope for this series :-) Should I still add a
> pm_runtime_get_sync() at probe time, or leave this to be addressed by
> someone who will need to implement power control ?

IMO if you've detected you're running in DP mode you should add the
pm_runtime_get_sync() in probe to keep it powered all the time and
that seems the simplest. Technically I guess that's not really
required since you're polling and you could power off between polls,
but then you'd have to re-init a bunch of your state each time you
polled too. If you ever transitioned to using an IRQ for HPD then
you'd have to keep it always powered anyway.

-Doug