From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3678CC4332D for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 127002080C for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:20:03 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 127002080C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ravnborg.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=amd-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93AAC8914D; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asavdk4.altibox.net (asavdk4.altibox.net [109.247.116.15]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A58128914D; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ravnborg.org (unknown [158.248.194.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by asavdk4.altibox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0EAA8052B; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:19:55 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:19:54 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Thomas Zimmermann , Daniel Vetter , Laurent Pinchart , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] drm: drm_encoder_init() => drm_encoder_init_funcs() Message-ID: <20200319141954.GA25036@ravnborg.org> References: <20200313201744.19773-1-sam@ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200313201744.19773-1-sam@ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=XpTUx2N9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=UWs3HLbX/2nnQ3s7vZ42gw==:117 a=UWs3HLbX/2nnQ3s7vZ42gw==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=MgBhUfZuEF2DRmvJ2N4A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-BeenThere: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion list for AMD gfx List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Alexandre Belloni , linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, Boris Brezillon , David Airlie , Andrzej Pietrasiewicz , Nicolas Ferre , NXP Linux Team , Jose Roberto de Souza , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, Ludovic Desroches , linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, Gerd Hoffmann , linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, Dave Airlie , amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Emil Velikov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: amd-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "amd-gfx" On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:17:41PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Thomas Zimmermann had made a nice patch-set that introduced > drm_simple_encoder_init() which is already present in drm-misc-next. > > While looking at this it was suddenly obvious to me that > this was functionalty that really should be included in drm_encoder.c > The case where the core could handle the callback is pretty > common and not part of the simple pipe line. > > So after some dialog on dri-devel the conclusion was to go for > a change like this: > > drm_encoder_init_funcs() for all users that specified a > drm_encoder_funcs to extend the functionality. > > drm_encoder_init() for all users that did not > need to extend the basic functionality with > drm_encoder_funcs. > > A similar approach with a _funcs() prefix is used elsewhere in drm/ > > This required a rename of the existing users, and > a follow-up patch that moves drm_simple_encoder_init() > to drm_encoder.c > > Patches 3 in this set demonstrate the use of drm_encoder_init(). > There are many more drivers that can be converted as Thomas > has already demonstrated. > > This is all based on work done by Thomas Zimmermann, > I just wanted to implement my suggestion so > we could select the best way forward. > > Note: Daniel Vetter has hinted the approach implemented > here smelled like middle-layer. > IMO this is not so, it is just a way to handle cleanup > for the simple cases. We discussed this patch-set briefly on irc. With the upcoming drmm_ changes and such this is bad timing.. And in the end this may be pointless code-chrunch. Patch-set shelfed for now - may re-visit it later. Sam _______________________________________________ amd-gfx mailing list amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/amd-gfx