Hi Arnd,
Thank you for the patch.
On Friday, 25 May 2018 18:50:14 EEST Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The DRM panel bridge code is built into the kms helpers module, so we
> get a link error when trying to use it from a built-in driver while the
> kms helper is a loadable module:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lvds-encoder.o: In function `lvds_encoder_probe':
> lvds-encoder.c:(.text+0x124): undefined reference to
> `devm_drm_panel_bridge_add'
>
> This adds a the same dependency in the lvds-encoder that we use for all
> the other users of the panel bridge. I did not bisect the problem, but
> from inspection it seems to date back to the patch that separated out
> the panel bridge from lvds encoder.
>
> Fixes: 13dfc0540a57 ("drm/bridge: Refactor out the panel wrapper from the
> lvds-encoder bridge.") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> index 6caa47834194..cf47bfa7a050 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ config DRM_DUMB_VGA_DAC
> config DRM_LVDS_ENCODER
> tristate "Transparent parallel to LVDS encoder support"
> depends on OF
> + select DRM_KMS_HELPER
> select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
> help
> Support for transparent parallel to LVDS encoders that don't require
Wouldn't it be better to apply the following ?
config DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
def_bool y
depends on DRM_BRIDGE
- depends on DRM_KMS_HELPER
+ select DRM_KMS_HELPER
select DRM_PANEL
help
DRM bridge wrapper of DRM panels
Otherwise you'll potentially have to patch every user of DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE as
done in this patch.
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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