From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i2c: tda998x: don't register the connector Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 23:48:12 +0100 Message-ID: <20160809224812.GJ1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> References: <1469444148-19003-1-git-send-email-brian.starkey@arm.com> <20160725122504.GS1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20160725125406.GB13937@e106950-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20160725150821.GB26853@phenom.ffwll.local> <20160808160402.GA24667@e106950-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20160809060724.GD6232@phenom.ffwll.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160809060724.GD6232@phenom.ffwll.local> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Daniel Vetter Cc: Brian Starkey , Liviu.Dudau@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 08:07:24AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 05:04:03PM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 05:08:21PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote: > > > > Hi Russell, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 01:25:04PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote: > > > > > > The connector shouldn't be registered until the rest of the whole device > > > > > > is set up, so that consistent state is presented to userspace. > > > > > > > > > > > > As drm_dev_register() now registers all of the connectors anyway, > > > > > > there's no need to explicitly do it in individual drivers so remove > > > > > > the calls to drm_connector_register()/drm_connector_unregister(). > > > > > > > > > > > > This allows componentised drivers to use tda998x without having racy > > > > > > initialisation. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a corresponding patch for armada-drm so that the cubox doesn't > > > > > regress? Has it already been merged? > > > > > > > > > > > > > A patch for armada-drm to do what? > > > > > > > > I should perhaps have explicitly mentioned that this change depends > > > > on e28cd4d0a223: "drm: Automatically register/unregister all > > > > connectors", which is in drm-next. > > > > > > > > Like my commit message says - after the above commit, all connectors > > > > are automatically registered in drm_dev_register() - so I don't > > > > anticipate any regression, but I don't have a cubox to test. > > > > > > > > armada-drm seems to be doing effectively the same thing as arm/hdlcd, > > > > which works fine after this patch with no other changes. > > > > > > > > Let me know if I've missed something; or if you are able to test on > > > > cubox that would be great. > > > > > > Ack from my side on generally nuking drm_connector_register() from > > > everywhere except truely hotplugged connectors like dp mst. It should keep > > > working for everyone. Only exception is if there's a driver which calls > > > drm_dev_register too early (before all connectors are probed), which would > > > be a bug anyway. > > > > Right; the motivation for this change is to fix the init order in > > HDLCD and Mali-DP (move drm_dev_register to the end), which we can't > > do right now because tda998x expects the DRM device sysfs to be set > > up in bind. > > > > @Daniel: Can I take this as your Acked-by? > > Sure. > > > Should this go in via Russell's tree? > > I can also throw it into drm-misc, if Russell (or someone else) can > provide a tested-by for armada. Better safe than sorry ;-) I can't provide a tested-by for armada yet, because testing it on my cubox tree (v4.7) causes a failure. It probably relies on some change merged during the merge window. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.