Re: [PATCH v4 00/11] drm: Add support for bus-format negotiation

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Hi Boris,

On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 03:15:04PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> This patch series aims at adding support for runtime bus-format
> negotiation between all elements of the
> 'encoder -> bridges -> connector/display' section of the pipeline.
> 
> In order to support that, we need drm bridges to fully take part in the
> atomic state validation process, which requires adding a
> drm_bridge_state and a new drm_bridge_funcs.atomic_check() hook.
> Once those basic building blocks are in place, we can add new hooks to
> allow bus format negotiation (those are called just before
> ->atomic_check()). The bus format selection is done at runtime by
> testing all possible combinations across the whole bridge chain until
> one is reported to work.
> 
> No Major changes in this v4. I think I addressed all comments I got
> from Neil and Laurent (thanks for the detailed reviews BTW). Note that
> this version only contains core changes. Once those changes are merged
> I'll send the imx/panel/lvds-codec specific bits.

I think it would make sense to fast-track patches 01 to 07 (a bit
selfishly as I would have a need for them in omapdrm :-)), but starting
from 08 I wonder if it wouldn't make more sense to merge them with the
imx/panel/lvds-codec bits to have a user.

> A more detailed changelog is provided in each patch.
> 
> This patch series is also available here [1].
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Boris
> 
> [1]https://github.com/bbrezillon/linux-0day/commits/drm-bridge-busfmt-v4
> 
> Boris Brezillon (11):
>   drm/bridge: Rename bridge helpers targeting a bridge chain
>   drm/bridge: Introduce drm_bridge_get_next_bridge()
>   drm: Stop accessing encoder->bridge directly
>   drm/bridge: Make the bridge chain a double-linked list
>   drm/bridge: Add the drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain() helper
>   drm/bridge: Add the drm_bridge_get_prev_bridge() helper
>   drm/bridge: Clarify the atomic enable/disable hooks semantics
>   drm/bridge: Add a drm_bridge_state object
>   drm/bridge: Patch atomic hooks to take a drm_bridge_state
>   drm/bridge: Add an ->atomic_check() hook
>   drm/bridge: Add the necessary bits to support bus format negotiation
> 
>  .../drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c    |  41 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c                  |  39 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c           |  53 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c                  | 756 +++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c                 |  15 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c            |   4 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_dsi.c       |  13 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi.c           |   8 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_bridge.c          |  10 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c            |   4 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_encoder.c        |   3 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c        |  10 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c                 |  18 +-
>  include/drm/drm_atomic.h                      |   3 +
>  include/drm/drm_bridge.h                      | 404 +++++++++-
>  include/drm/drm_encoder.h                     |   7 +-
>  16 files changed, 1174 insertions(+), 214 deletions(-)

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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