Re: bridge/microchip_lvds panel usage

[<Dharma.B@microchip.com>]

Hi Laurent,

On 18/06/25 2:25 pm, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 03:50:11AM +0000, Dharma.B@microchip.com wrote:
>> On 18/06/25 5:06 am, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:36:34AM -0500, Anusha Srivatsa wrote:
>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please explain why the driver looks for a panel here:
>>>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.14.11/source/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/
>>>> microchip-lvds.c#L182 and doesnt use it or set it up anywhere?
>>>>
>>>> I bumped into this while working on converting of_drm_find_panel() callers and
>>>> the lvds->panel usage in this driver felt off. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> That doesn't seem needed.
>>
>> Currently the LVDS controller driver is hardcoded to map LVDS lanes to
>> the JEIDA format.
>>
>> In order to support the other format "VESA", we need this to query the
>> panel driver and set the appropriate format accordingly.
>>
>> "drm_panel_get_modes(lvds->panel, connector)"
> 
> It would be nice if this could be done using the bridge API instead. An
> LVDS sink does not necessarily need to be a panel.

Here is the updated patch
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250623-microchip-lvds-v2-1-8ecbabc6abc4@microchip.com/

I will send another patch to remove "lvds->panel" as it is unused.

Thanks.
> 
>> We'll be submitting the patch upstream shortly.
>>
>>> By the way, please use plain text when posting to kernel mailing lists.
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> --
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart


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