Re: [PATCH v3 00/22] drm: convert all bridges to devm_drm_bridge_alloc()

[Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>]

Hello Liu,

On Thu, 22 May 2025 11:20:17 +0800
Liu Ying <victor.liu@nxp.com> wrote:

> > If not, can we at least add a band-aid 'X:' entry for
> > drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx?
> > 
> > I think the other matching entry is the one to consider:
> > 
> > DRM DRIVERS FOR FREESCALE IMX BRIDGE
> > M:	Liu Ying <victor.liu@nxp.com>
> > L:	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> > S:	Maintained
> > F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/fsl,imx8qxp-ldb.yaml
> > F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/fsl,imx8qxp-pixel-combiner.yaml
> > F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/fsl,imx8qxp-pixel-link.yaml
> > F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/fsl,imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.yaml
> > F:	drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/
> > 
> > (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel/-/blob/drm-misc-next/MAINTAINERS?ref_type=heads#L7940-7948)
> > 
> > However it does not list any trees. I _guess_ drm-misc applies here as
> > a fallback as well as common sense.
> > 
> > Liu, should this entry have a 'T:' line for drm/misc?  
> 
> These bridge drivers also don't have a 'T:' line:
> 
> DRM DRIVER FOR CHIPONE ICN6211 MIPI-DSI to RGB CONVERTER BRIDGE
> DRM DRIVER FOR PARADE PS8640 BRIDGE CHIP
> DRM DRIVER FOR TI DLPC3433 MIPI DSI TO DMD BRIDGE
> DRM DRIVER FOR TI SN65DSI86 BRIDGE CHIP
> LONTIUM LT8912B MIPI TO HDMI BRIDGE
> MEGACHIPS STDPXXXX-GE-B850V3-FW LVDS/DP++ BRIDGES
> MICROCHIP SAM9x7-COMPATIBLE LVDS CONTROLLER
> 
> I think that they fallback to drm-misc since "DRM DRIVERS FOR BRIDGE CHIPS"
> covers them.  I don't have strong opinion on adding a "T" line to them, at
> least to "DRM DRIVERS FOR FREESCALE IMX BRIDGE".  Anyway, it would be good
> to know comments from maintainers for "DRM DRIVERS FOR BRIDGE CHIPS" and
> "DRM DRIVERS".

I agree the fallback seems OK for this MAINTAINERS entry.

The other entry (ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE) is another
story.

> >>       drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pixel-combiner: convert to devm_drm_bridge_alloc() API  
> > 
> > Not acked/reviewed, some discussion happened. I am resending it in v4,
> > possibly with updates based on the discussion.  
> 
> I still think the main structures in imx8qxp-pixel-combiner.c and imx*-ldb.c
> should have the same lifetime with the allocated bridges.  I added a new
> comment on this driver in v2 just now.

Thanks, let's continue the conversation there.

Luca

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