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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/mgag200: Use simple encoder
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:00:57 +0100
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Hi Thomas.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 08:48:48AM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi Sam
> 
> thanks for reviewing the patch set.
> 
> Am 20.02.20 um 19:56 schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> > Hi Thomas.
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 09:48:14AM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >> The mgag200 driver uses an empty implementation for its encoder. Replace
> >> the code with the generic simple encoder.
> >>
> >> v2:
> >> 	* rebase onto new simple-encoder interface
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h  |  7 ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c | 61 ++------------------------
> >>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
> >> index aa32aad222c2..9bb9e8e14539 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
> >> @@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
> >>  #define MATROX_DPMS_CLEARED (-1)
> >>  
> >>  #define to_mga_crtc(x) container_of(x, struct mga_crtc, base)
> >> -#define to_mga_encoder(x) container_of(x, struct mga_encoder, base)
> >>  #define to_mga_connector(x) container_of(x, struct mga_connector, base)
> >>  
> >>  struct mga_crtc {
> >> @@ -110,12 +109,6 @@ struct mga_mode_info {
> >>  	struct mga_crtc *crtc;
> >>  };
> >>  
> >> -struct mga_encoder {
> >> -	struct drm_encoder base;
> >> -	int last_dpms;
> >> -};
> >> -
> >> -
> >>  struct mga_i2c_chan {
> >>  	struct i2c_adapter adapter;
> >>  	struct drm_device *dev;
> > 
> > Any particular reason why the drm_encoder is not embedded in struct
> > mga_device?
> > 
> > I found it more elegant - like you did it for ast in the previous patch.
> 
> I think I wanted something that uses drm_simple_encoder_create(). But I
> can change that. The embedded variant is indeed better.

You should consider to drop drm_simple_encoder_create() until there
is a driver that really needs it.

	Sam