[PATCH] Revert "drm/bridge: lt9611: Do not generate HFP/HBP/HSA and EOT packet"

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 20:34, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>
> On 8/2/23 15:38, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On 02/08/2023 11:52, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> >> This reverts commit [1] to fix display regression on the Dragonboard 845c
> >> (SDM845) devboard.
> >>
> >> There's a mismatch on the real action of the following flags:
> >> - MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO_NO_HSA
> >> - MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO_NO_HFP
> >> - MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO_NO_HBP
> >> which leads to a non-working display on qcom platforms.
> >>
> >> [1] 8ddce13ae696 ("drm/bridge: lt9611: Do not generate HFP/HBP/HSA and
> >> EOT packet")
> >>
> >> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> >> Cc: Robert Foss <rfoss at kernel.org>
> >> Cc: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
> >> Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org>
> >> Cc: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk at quicinc.com>
> >> Fixes: 8ddce13ae69 ("drm/bridge: lt9611: Do not generate HFP/HBP/HSA
> >> and EOT packet")
> >> Reported-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir at linaro.org>
> >> Link:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMi1Hd0TD=2z_=bcDrht3H_wiLvAFcv8Z-U_r_KUOoeMc6UMjw@mail.gmail.com/
> >> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong at linaro.org>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611.c | 4 +---
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> > Acked-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org> #fix db845c
> >
> > The boards broken by [1] are used in production by different parties
> > since 5.10, breaking them doesn't seem more acceptable than breaking the
> > new out-of-tree iMX8m hardware.
>
> The MX8M is also in-tree, so this does not apply.

v6.5-rc4:

$ git grep lontium,lt9611 | grep -v 9611uxc
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:$id:
http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml#
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:
    - lontium,lt9611
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:
      compatible = "lontium,lt9611";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-db845c.dts: compatible = "lontium,lt9611";
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611.c: { "lontium,lt9611", 0 },
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611.c: { .compatible = "lontium,lt9611" },

next-20230802:

$ git grep lontium,lt9611 | grep -v 9611uxc
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:$id:
http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml#
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:
    - lontium,lt9611
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lontium,lt9611.yaml:
      compatible = "lontium,lt9611";
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-db845c.dts: compatible = "lontium,lt9611";
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611.c: { "lontium,lt9611", 0 },
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611.c: { .compatible = "lontium,lt9611" },

Your device is not in the tree. Your commit broke existing users.

Can we please end the argument, land the fix (this revert) for 6.5 and
work on the solution for 6.6 or 6.7?

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry