[PATCH v2 6/9] drm/bridge: Add ITE IT6263 LVDS to HDMI converter

[Liu Ying]

On 10/14/2024, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 10:48:54AM +0000, Biju Das wrote:

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>>>>> +static int it6263_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>>> +				enum drm_bridge_attach_flags flags) {
>>>>> +	struct it6263 *it = bridge_to_it6263(bridge);
>>>>> +	int ret;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	ret = drm_bridge_attach(bridge->encoder, it->next_bridge, bridge,
>>>>> +				flags | DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
>>>>> +	if (ret < 0)
>>>>> +		return ret;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR)
>>>>> +		return 0;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	it->connector.polled = DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_CONNECT |
>>>>> +			       DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_DISCONNECT;
>>>>> +
>>>>
>>>> Please strongly consider dropping this and using drm_bridge_connector
>>>> in the host driver.
>>>
>>> I can't afford to make i.MX8MP imx-lcdif KMS use drm_bridge_connector currently.  Maybe the Renesas
>>> RZ/G3E SMARC EVK Biju tested v1 patch set with is also not using drm_bridge_connector.  I hope we can
>>> leave it as-is for now.
>>
>> Renesas platform use the drm_bridge_connector_init() helper to create a drm_connector for
>> each output, instead of relying on the bridge drivers doing so. It attach
>> the bridges with the DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR flag to instruct
>> them not to create a connector.
>>
>> On Renesas platform, it exit from here
>> if (flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR)
>> 	return 0;
>>
>> Maybe it is good to have both cases to start with. Add support for both cases now,
>> Later when imx-lcdif KMS start using drm_bridge_connector,
>> we can start dropping bridge devices to create connector??
> 
> Do we have a timeline for this?

I sent out a patch series to make i.MX LCDIF driver use
drm_bridge_connector just now.
https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/140148/

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Regards,
Liu Ying