On 2018-04-18 09:36, Boris Brezillon wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:10:51 +0200 > Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> When the of-graph points to a tda998x-compatible HDMI encoder, register >> as a component master and bind to the encoder/connector provided by >> the tda998x driver. > > Can't we do the opposite: make the tda998x driver expose its devices as > drm bridges. I'd rather not add another way to connect external > encoders (or bridges) to display controller drivers, especially since, > when I asked DRM maintainers/devs what was the good approach to > represent such external encoders they pointed me to the drm_bridge > interface. >From the cover letter: "However, I don't know if the tilcdc driver is interfacing with the tda998x driver in a sane and modern way" So, which way is the future? Should bridges become components or should existing bridge-like components no longer be components? Are there others? Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
