[PATCH v4 02/10] drm/bridge: add common api for inno hdmi

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Tue May 21 15:42:06 UTC 2024


On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 05:36:43PM +0200, Alex Bee wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> 
> thanks a lot for working on this. See some general remarks below
>
> Am 21.05.24 um 12:58 schrieb keith:
> > Add INNO common api so that it can be used by vendor
> > drivers which implement vendor specific extensions to Innosilicon HDMI.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: keith <keith.zhao at starfivetech.com>
> > ---
> >   MAINTAINERS                                   |   2 +
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig                |   2 +
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile               |   1 +
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/Kconfig    |   6 +
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/Makefile   |   2 +
> >   .../gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/inno-hdmi.c    | 587 ++++++++++++++++++
> >   .../gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/inno-hdmi.h    |  97 +++
> >   include/drm/bridge/inno_hdmi.h                |  69 ++
> >   8 files changed, 766 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/Kconfig
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/Makefile
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/inno-hdmi.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/innosilicon/inno-hdmi.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/bridge/inno_hdmi.h
> > 
> ....
> 
> > +	drm_encoder_helper_add(encoder, pdata->helper_private);
> > +
> > +	hdmi->connector.polled = DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD;
> > +
> > +	drm_connector_helper_add(&hdmi->connector,
> > +				 &inno_hdmi_connector_helper_funcs);
> > +
> > +	drmm_connector_init(drm, &hdmi->connector,
> > +			    &inno_hdmi_connector_funcs,
> > +			    DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_HDMIA,
> > +			    hdmi->ddc);
> > +
>
> I really don't want to anticipate bridge maintainer's feedback, but new
> bridge drivers must not contain connector creation. That must happen
> somewhere else.

You're absolutely right :-) Connector creation should be handled by the
drm_bridge_connector helper. The HDMI bridge driver should focus on the
HDMI bridge itself.

> Also I'm neither seeing any drm_brige struct nor drm_bridge_funcs, which
> are both essential for a bridge driver. I don't think moving a part of a
> driver to .../drm/bridge/ makes it a bridge driver.
> 
> > +	drm_connector_attach_encoder(&hdmi->connector, encoder);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> ....
> 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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