Re: [PATCH v2 04/12] drm: rcar-du: Convert LVDS encoder code to bridge driver

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Hi Geert,

On Monday, 15 January 2018 10:30:23 EET Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:14 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The LVDS encoders used to be described in DT as part of the DU. They now
> > have their own DT node, linked to the DU using the OF graph bindings.
> > This allows moving internal LVDS encoder support to a separate driver
> > modelled as a DRM bridge. Backward compatibility is retained as legacy
> > DT is patched live to move to the new bindings.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
> > <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_lvds.c
> > 
> > +static void rcar_lvds_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
> > +{
> > +       struct rcar_lvds *lvds = bridge_to_rcar_lvds(bridge);
> > +       u32 lvdhcr;
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       WARN_ON(lvds->enabled);
> > +
> > +       ret = clk_prepare_enable(lvds->clock);
> 
> What about starting to use Runtime PM to manage the clock, and thus calling
> pm_runtime_get_sync() here instead?
> That will make the driver future-proof w.r.t. LVDS blocks in power domains.
> 
> You do need a "power-domains" property, though, which may complicate DT
> runtime patching.

And that's why I've left it out for now. It's on my to-do list, but I will do 
so in a separate patch series. Depending on the complexity I might use runtime 
PM for new DTs only and leave the runtime-patched devices trees out.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart




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