Re: [PATCH v3 18/19] drm/tve200: don't create a panel_bridge

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 18/19] drm/tve200: don't create a panel_bridge
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:14:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DLHOU2RLKSDR.YLNQEAWXPDRE@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916-drm-bridge-every-panel-v3-18-83afb4f1a707@bootlin.com>

Hello,

On Wed Sep 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM CEST, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Now a panel_bridge is automatically created for every drm_panel and the
> panel-bridge API is just a deprecated wrapper to access it.
>
> Update and simplify the code by just getting a reference to the
> already-existing bridge using of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint().
>
> And since of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() returns a refcounted bridge, take
> care of putting the bridge reference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>

I just found this patch fails building on current drm-misc-next due to
another patch landed earlier this week. Will be fixed in v4.

Luca

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