Hi Neil, Robert,
On Tue, 2022-06-28 at 09:10 +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 28/06/2022 04:31, Liu Ying wrote:
> > On Mon, 2022-06-27 at 14:22 +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > >
> > > On 24/06/2022 14:10, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > The various Freescale i.MX8 display bridges are only present on
> > > > Freescale i.MX8 SoCs. Hence add a dependency on ARCH_MXC, to
> > > > prevent
> > > > asking the user about these drivers when configuring a kernel
> > > > without
> > > > i.MX SoC support.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: e60c4354840b2fe8 ("drm/bridge: imx: Add LDB support for
> > > > i.MX8qm")
> > > > Fixes: 3818715f62b42b5c ("drm/bridge: imx: Add LDB support for
> > > > i.MX8qxp")
> > > > Fixes: 96988a526c97cfbe ("drm/bridge: imx: Add i.MX8qxp pixel
> > > > link
> > > > to DPI support")
> > > > Fixes: 1ec17c26bc06289d ("drm/bridge: imx: Add i.MX8qm/qxp
> > > > display
> > > > pixel link support")
> > > > Fixes: 93e163a9e0392aca ("drm/bridge: imx: Add i.MX8qm/qxp
> > > > pixel
> > > > combiner support")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Liu Ying <victor.liu@xxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > v2:
> > > > - s/i.MX8MP/i.MX8/,
> > > > - Add Reviewed-by.
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
> > > > index 212a7b0e64fd8b5a..608f47f41bcd1c81 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> > > > +if ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
> > > > +
> > > > config DRM_IMX8QM_LDB
> > > > tristate "Freescale i.MX8QM LVDS display bridge"
> > > > depends on OF
> > > > @@ -41,3 +43,5 @@ config DRM_IMX8QXP_PIXEL_LINK_TO_DPI
> > > > help
> > > > Choose this to enable pixel link to display pixel
> > > > interface(PXL2DPI)
> > > > found in Freescale i.MX8qxp processor.
> > > > +
> > > > +endif # ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
> > >
> > > I was wondering why those were added in
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx
> > > since they are specific to NXP SoCs,
> > > I think they should be moved in the right drm imx subsystem
> > > instead
> > > of this change.
> >
> > There are 2 directories which contain display controller drivers
> > for
> > i.MX SoCs:
> > a. drivers/gpu/drm/imx - i.MX51/53/6qdl IPUv3, i.MX8mq DCSS and
> > i.MX8qm/qxp DPU([1], not landed yet)
> > b. drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb - i.MX23/28/6sx/8mq LCDIF and i.MX8mp
> > LCDIFv3([2], not landed yet)
> >
> > Bridges added in drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx make it possible to
> > share
> > bridge drivers across display controllers. I see chance to use the
> > LVDS Display Bridge(LDB) helper(imx-ldb-helper.c) for i.MX6sx LDB.
>
> Thanks for the explanation, LGTM
> Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Care to pick this up?
I don't have permission to push this to drm-misc.
Regards,
Liu Ying
