From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Robert Foss <rfoss@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>,
Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
Jessica Zhang <jesszhan0024@gmail.com>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>,
Jagan Teki <jagan@amarulasolutions.com>,
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: Albert Esteve <aesteve@redhat.com>,
Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>,
Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Hui Pu <Hui.Pu@gehealthcare.com>,
Ian Ray <ian.ray@gehealthcare.com>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 02/19] drm/bridge: panel: move to a new module
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:11:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903-drm-bridge-every-panel-v2-2-2ab8ee24538e@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903-drm-bridge-every-panel-v2-0-2ab8ee24538e@bootlin.com>
Work is in progress for every drm_panel to embed a drm_bridge, which will
make the drm_panel code (currently in the drm module) depend on the
drm_kms_helper module.
However that would create a dependency loop:
* the panel_bridge code in bridge/panel.c [drm_kms_helper module]
already depends on the drm_panel.c code (it manipulates a drm_panel)
* additionally, the drm_panel.c code, in order to create a drm_bridge,
will depend on the helpers in drm_atomic_helper and drm_probe_helper
code [drm_kms_helper module]
Prevent the loop by moving the panel bridge out to its own module.
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile | 3 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 3 +++
include/drm/drm_bridge.h | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index e635fcffd379..c4509e7fd248 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -156,10 +156,11 @@ drm_kms_helper-y := \
drm_self_refresh_helper.o \
drm_simple_kms_helper.o \
drm_vblank_helper.o
-drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE) += bridge/panel.o
drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION) += drm_fb_helper.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER) += drm_kms_helper.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE) += bridge/panel.o
+
#
# Drivers and the rest
#
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
index 89e87460aefc..0a1689f8209d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config DRM_BRIDGE
Bridge registration and lookup framework.
config DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
- def_bool y
+ def_tristate y
depends on DRM_BRIDGE
select DRM_PANEL
help
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
index 83be09641582..40e3970e8b76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
@@ -624,3 +624,6 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge);
#endif
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Panel bridge helper");
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
index c5b82e6946f5..9f2294957669 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ void drm_bridge_hpd_disable(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
void drm_bridge_hpd_notify(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
enum drm_connector_status status);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE)
bool drm_bridge_is_panel(const struct drm_bridge *bridge);
struct drm_bridge *drm_panel_bridge_add(struct drm_panel *panel);
struct drm_bridge *drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(struct drm_panel *panel,
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ static inline int drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(struct drm_connector *connect
}
#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE)
+#if defined(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE)
struct drm_bridge *devm_drm_of_get_bridge(struct device *dev, struct device_node *node,
u32 port, u32 endpoint);
struct drm_bridge *drmm_of_get_bridge(struct drm_device *drm, struct device_node *node,
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 8:11 [PATCH RFC v2 00/19] drm/panel: embed a drm_bridge into every drm_panel Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 01/19] drm: of: move drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge() from drm_of.c to bridge/panel.c Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 9:51 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 13:42 ` Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` Luca Ceresoli [this message]
2026-09-03 9:59 ` [PATCH RFC v2 02/19] drm/bridge: panel: move to a new module Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 03/19] drm/panel: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 9:59 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 04/19] drm/bridge: panel: rename drm_bridge_is_panel() -> drm_bridge_is_panel_bridge() Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 13:59 ` Albert Esteve
2026-09-03 15:38 ` Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 05/19] drm/panel: embed a drm_bridge into every drm_panel Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 10:22 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 13:37 ` Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 06/19] drm/bridge: tc358767: don't create a panel_bridge Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 07/19] drm/bridge: waveshare-dsi: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 08/19] drm/mcde: dsi: simplify device_node management using scoped for_each variant Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 09/19] drm/mcde: dsi: remove unused includes Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 10/19] drm/mcde: dsi: don't create a panel_bridge Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 11/19] drm/bridge: fsl-ldb: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 12/19] drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 13/19] drm/bridge: tc358768: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 14/19] drm/bridge: ssd2825: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 15/19] drm/omap: dsi: remove unused includes Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 10:24 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 16/19] drm/omap: dss: don't create a panel_bridge Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 17/19] drm/tve200: remove unused includes Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 10:25 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 18/19] drm/tve200: don't create a panel_bridge Luca Ceresoli
2026-09-03 8:11 ` [PATCH RFC v2 19/19] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: " Luca Ceresoli
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