[PATCH 0/9] drm: replace simple display pipe users with atomic helpers

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 04.07.26 um 20:31 schrieb Ze Huang:
> struct drm_simple_display_pipe was meant to simplify simple DRM
> drivers, but instead adds an extra wrapper around normal DRM atomic
> helper setup. As noted in Documentation/gpu/todo.rst, remaining users
> should be converted to regular atomic helpers and stop depending on the
> simple-KMS interfaces.
>
> This series converts the following drivers:
>
>    - arcpgu
>    - aspeed
>    - imx lcdc
>    - mcde
>    - pl111
>    - gm12u320
>    - repaper
>    - tve200
>    - xen frontend
>
> Each patch replaces drm_simple_display_pipe_init() with explicit
> primary plane, CRTC and encoder setup, and moves the old simple-pipe
> callbacks into regular plane and CRTC helper callbacks named according
> to local driver conventions.
>
> The conversions preserve helper behavior that used to be implicit in
> drm_simple_kms_helper.c, including plane-state validation, CRTC
> primary-plane checks, affected-plane propagation, framebuffer prepare
> handling, and existing event/vblank flow where applicable.
>
> Result is less helper indirection and more explicit driver-side atomic
> wiring, with no remaining simple-KMS dependency in these drivers.
>
> These changes are build-tested only. No hardware testing has been
> performed on the affected devices.

Thanks a lot for the series. That's quite a nice cleanup.  Did you use 
any AI to create these patches?

Best regards
Thomas

>
> This series is based on drm-next-2026-06-27.
>
> Thanks,
> Ze Huang
>
> Signed-off-by: Ze Huang <ze.huang at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> Ze Huang (9):
>        drm/arcpgu: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/aspeed: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/imx: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/mcde: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/pl111: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/gm12u320: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/repaper: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/tve200: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/xen: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx.h      |   5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_crtc.c | 156 ++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c  |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/imx/lcdc/imx-lcdc.c      | 178 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c      | 162 ++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h          |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c          |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c    | 174 ++++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drm.h        |   5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c        |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c            | 165 ++++++++++++++++++-----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/gm12u320.c          | 128 ++++++++++++++----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c           | 130 ++++++++++++++----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_display.c  | 221 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h      |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c      |  17 ++-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.h      |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_kms.c  | 177 +++++++++++++++++++------
>   18 files changed, 1164 insertions(+), 381 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 3696d07837d1df13a5603d77f667685e7dfb3c53
> change-id: 20260704-drm-simple-kms-removal-01a031c6a129
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Ze Huang <ze.huang at oss.qualcomm.com>
>

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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