[PATCH v5 00/17] Apply drm_bridge_connector and panel_bridge helper for the Analogix DP driver

[Damon Ding]

Hi Marek,

On 9/12/2025 5:56 PM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 12.09.2025 10:58, Damon Ding wrote:
>> PATCH 1 is a small format optimization for struct analogid_dp_device.
>> PATCH 2 is to perform mode setting in &drm_bridge_funcs.atomic_enable.
>> PATCH 3-9 are preparations for apply drm_bridge_connector helper.
>> PATCH 10 is to apply the drm_bridge_connector helper.
>> PATCH 11-14 are to move the panel/bridge parsing to the Analogix side.
>> PATCH 15-16 are preparations for apply panel_bridge helper.
>> PATCH 17 is to apply the panel_bridge helper.
>>
>> Damon Ding (17):
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Formalize the struct analogix_dp_device
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Move &drm_bridge_funcs.mode_set to
>>       &drm_bridge_funcs.atomic_enable
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Add &analogix_dp_plat_data.next_bridge
>>     drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Remove &exynos_dp_device.ptn_bridge
>>     drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Remove unused &exynos_dp_device.connector
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove redundant
>>       &analogix_dp_plat_data.skip_connector
>>     drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Add legacy bridge to parse the display-timings
>>       node
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Move the color format check to
>>       .atomic_check() for Rockchip platforms
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove unused
>>       &analogix_dp_plat_data.get_modes()
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Apply drm_bridge_connector helper
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Add new API analogix_dp_finish_probe()
>>     drm/rockchip: analogix_dp: Apply analogix_dp_finish_probe()
>>     drm/rockchip: analogix_dp: Apply &analogix_dp_plat_data.attach() to
>>       attach next bridge
>>     drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Apply analogix_dp_finish_probe()
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove panel disabling and enabling in
>>       analogix_dp_set_bridge()
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove bridge disabing and panel unpreparing
>>       in analogix_dp_unbind()
>>     drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Apply panel_bridge helper
>>
>>    drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig       |   1 +
>>    .../drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c    | 394 ++++++++++--------
>>    .../drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.h    |   5 +-
>>    drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp.c            | 168 ++++----
>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig              |   1 -
>>    .../gpu/drm/rockchip/analogix_dp-rockchip.c   |  74 ++--
>>    include/drm/bridge/analogix_dp.h              |   9 +-
>>    7 files changed, 342 insertions(+), 310 deletions(-)
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Update Exynos DP driver synchronously.
>> - Move the panel/bridge parsing to the Analogix side.
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Rebase for the existing devm_drm_bridge_alloc() applying commit.
>> - Fix the typographical error of panel/bridge check in exynos_dp_bind().
>> - Squash all commits related to skip_connector deletion in both Exynos and
>>     Analogix code into one.
>> - Apply panel_bridge helper to make the codes more concise.
>> - Fix the handing of bridge in analogix_dp_bridge_get_modes().
>> - Remove unnecessary parameter struct drm_connector* for callback
>>     &analogix_dp_plat_data.attach().
>> - In order to decouple the connector driver and the bridge driver, move
>>     the bridge connector initilization to the Rockchip and Exynos sides.
>>
>> Changes in v4:
>> - Rebase for the applied &drm_bridge_funcs.detect() modification commit.
>> - Rename analogix_dp_find_panel_or_bridge() to analogix_dp_finish_probe().
>> - Drop the drmm_encoder_init() modification commit.
>> - Rename the &analogix_dp_plat_data.bridge to
>>     &analogix_dp_plat_data.next_bridge.
>>
>> Changes in v5:
>> - Add legacy bridge to parse the display-timings node under the dp node
>>     for Exynos side.
>> - Move color format check to &drm_connector_helper_funcs.atomic_check()
>>     in order to get rid of &analogix_dp_plat_data.get_modes().
>> - Remove unused callback &analogix_dp_plat_data.get_modes().
>> - Distinguish the &drm_bridge->ops of Analogix bridge based on whether
>>     the downstream device is a panel, a bridge or neither.
>> - Select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS for DRM_ANALOGIX_DP, and remove it for
>>     ROCKCHIP_ANALOGIX_DP.
>> - Apply rockchip_dp_attach() to support the next bridge attachment for
>>     the Rockchip side.
>> - Move next_bridge attachment from Analogix side to Rockchip/Exynos sides.
> 
> Exynos part still lacks "select DRM_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR" in Kconfig,
> besides that it works fine on all my test boards. Fix this issue and
> feel free to add:
> 
> Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>
> 

Thank you for the testing. I will add the DRM_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR selection 
for DRM_EXYNOS_DP in the next version, with the Tested-by tags.

Best regards,
Damon