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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drm: mxsfb: Set proper default bus format when using a bridge
Hi,
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 11:27:49AM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Dienstag, dem 28.09.2021 um 11:19 +0200 schrieb Guido Günther:
> > Hi,
> > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 11:08:58AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > On 9/28/21 10:55 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> > > > If a bridge doesn't do any bus format handling MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED is
> > > > returned. Fallback to a reasonable default (MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24) in
> > > > that case.
> > > >
> > > > This unbreaks e.g. using mxsfb with the nwl bridge and mipi panels.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: b776b0f00f24 ("drm: mxsfb: Use bus_format from the nearest bridge if present")
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > I'll look at what needs to be done in nwl separately but this also
> > > > unbreaks other bridge seupts that don't to format negotiation yet.
> > > >
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c | 2 ++
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> > > > index af6c620adf6e..4ef94cf686b0 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> > > > @@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ static void mxsfb_crtc_atomic_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> > > > drm_atomic_get_new_bridge_state(state,
> > > > mxsfb->bridge);
> > > > bus_format = bridge_state->input_bus_cfg.format;
> > > > + if (bus_format == MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED)
> > > > + bus_format = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24;
> > >
> > > Shouldn't the NWL bridge return the correct format ?
> >
> > Yes it should and I'll send a separate patch for that but we currently
> > don't do anything meaningful at all if the bridge doesn't do format
> > negotiation and then fail setup in mxsfb_set_formats().
> >
> > I think we should at least preserve the status quo (as we do with the
> > non bridge case in b776b0f00f24 too).
> >
> > We could have a warning to spot drivers that don't do that yet and hence
> > the generic code returns MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED.
> >
> That sounds sensible. Using a default format if we don't know what to
> do is going to be a unpleasant surprise for those with a display
> pipeline that doesn't work with the default format. So please add a
> dev_warn when we are doing this fallback.
>
> Also I would argue that the NWL fix is the patch that should go in the
> stable tree. This one should only be a additional safety net, so I
> would drop the Fixes tag.

Dropped and folded into the small series with other fixes needed to
get get the bus format propagated up from the panel.
Cheers,
-- Guido

>
> Regards,
> Lucas
>

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