Re: [PATCH 8/8] drm/bridge: it66121: Allow link this driver as a lib

[Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@linux.dev>]

Hi,


On 2023/11/16 17:30, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 11:14, Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@linux.dev> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for reviewing!
>>
>>
>> On 2023/11/15 00:30, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 17:09, Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@linux.dev> wrote:
>>>> From: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@loongson.cn>
>>>>
>>>> The it66121_create_bridge() and it66121_destroy_bridge() are added to
>>>> export the core functionalities. Create a connector manually by using
>>>> bridge connector helpers when link as a lib.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@loongson.cn>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.c | 134 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>>    include/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.h     |  17 ++++
>>>>    2 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>>>    create mode 100644 include/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.h
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.c
>>>> index 8971414a2a60..f5968b679c5d 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it66121.c
>>>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>>>>
>>>>    #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
>>>>    #include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
>>>> +#include <drm/drm_bridge_connector.h>
>>>>    #include <drm/drm_edid.h>
>>>>    #include <drm/drm_modes.h>
>>>>    #include <drm/drm_print.h>
>>>> @@ -703,14 +704,32 @@ static int it66121_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>>                                    enum drm_bridge_attach_flags flags)
>>>>    {
>>>>           struct it66121_ctx *ctx = bridge_to_it66121(bridge);
>>>> +       struct drm_bridge *next_bridge = ctx->next_bridge;
>>>> +       struct drm_encoder *encoder = bridge->encoder;
>>>>           int ret;
>>>>
>>>> -       if (!(flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR))
>>>> -               return -EINVAL;
>>>> +       if (next_bridge) {
>>>> +               if (!(flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR)) {
>>>> +                       WARN_ON(1);
>>> Why? At least use WARN() instead
>> Originally I want to
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> +                       flags |= DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR;
>>>> +               }
>>>> +               ret = drm_bridge_attach(encoder, next_bridge, bridge, flags);
>>>> +               if (ret)
>>>> +                       return ret;
>>>> +       } else {
>>>> +               struct drm_connector *connector;
>>>>
>>>> -       ret = drm_bridge_attach(bridge->encoder, ctx->next_bridge, bridge, flags);
>>>> -       if (ret)
>>>> -               return ret;
>>>> +               if (flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR)
>>>> +                       WARN_ON(1);
>>> No. It is perfectly fine to create attach a bridge with no next_bridge
>>> and with the DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR flag.
>>>
>> The document say when DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR flag is set
>> the bridge shall not create a drm_connector. So I think if a display
>> bridge driver don't have a next bridge attached (Currently, this is
>> told by the DT), it says that this is a non-DT environment. On such
>> a case, this display bridge driver(it66121.ko) should behavior like
>> a *agent*. Because the upstream port of it66121 is the DVO port of
>> the display controller, the downstream port of it66121 is the HDMI
>> connector. it66121 is on the middle. So I think the it66121.ko should
>> handle all of troubles on behalf of the display controller drivers.
> No. Don't make decisions for the other drivers. They might have different needs.

[...]


>
>> Therefore (when in non-DT use case), the display controller drivers
>> side should not set DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR flag anymore.
>> Which is to hint that the it66121 should totally in charge of those
>> tasks (either by using bridge connector helper or create a connector
>> manually). I don't understand on such a case, why bother display
>> controller drivers anymore.
> This is the reason why we had introduced this flag. It allows the
> driver to customise the connector. It even allows the driver to
> implement a connector on its own, completely ignoring the
> drm_bridge_connector.


I know what you said is right in the sense of the universe cases,
but I think the most frequent(majority) use case is that there is
only one display bridge on the middle. Therefore, I don't want to
movethe connector things into device driver if there is only one display 
bridge(say it66121) in the middle. After all, there is no *direct 
physical connection* from the perspective of the hardware. I means that 
there is no hardware wires connectthe HDMI connector and the DVO port. So display controller drivers 
should not interact with anything related with the connector on a 
perfect abstract on the software side. Especially for such a simple use 
case. It probably make senses to make a  decision for themost frequently use case, please also note
that this patch didn't introduce any-restriction for the more advance
uses cases(multiple bridges in the middle).


>>
>>>> +
>>>> +               connector = drm_bridge_connector_init(bridge->dev, encoder);
>>>> +               if (IS_ERR(connector))
>>>> +                       return PTR_ERR(connector);
>>>> +
>>>> +               drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);
>>> This goes into your device driver.
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +               ctx->connector = connector;
>>>> +       }
>>>>
>>>>           if (ctx->info->id == ID_IT66121) {
>>>>                   ret = regmap_write_bits(ctx->regmap, IT66121_CLK_BANK_REG,
>>>> @@ -1632,16 +1651,13 @@ static const char * const it66121_supplies[] = {
>>>>           "vcn33", "vcn18", "vrf12"
>>>>    };
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