[PATCH RSEND] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: use devm_phy_optional_get() for the DP PHY

Damon Ding damon.ding at rock-chips.com
Wed Sep 23 20:24:11 PDT 2026


Hi Jun,

On 9/24/2026 10:04 AM, Jun Yan wrote:
> The DP PHY is optional: the Rockchip RK3399 eDP controller (used as the
> internal eDP port) has no separate PHY device and relies on its built-in
> PHY, which is programmed directly through the GRF registers, so its DT
> node carries no "phys"/"phy-names" property.
> 
> Requesting the PHY with devm_phy_get() therefore returns -ENODEV (or
> -ENOSYS when CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY is disabled) and the driver logs a
> misleading "no DP phy configured" error at probe time before falling back
> to a NULL phy.
> 
> Use devm_phy_optional_get() instead, which returns NULL when the PHY is
> absent and otherwise behaves identically, and drop the manual -ENODEV/
> -ENOSYS handling. This also removes the spurious error message.
> 
> Assisted-by: Claude:deepseek-v4-flash
> Signed-off-by: Jun Yan <jerrysteve1101 at gmail.com>
> ---
>   .../gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c | 18 +++---------------
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c
> index 18e76d1e78e1..28eb668d3e3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c
> @@ -1427,21 +1427,9 @@ analogix_dp_probe(struct device *dev, struct analogix_dp_plat_data *plat_data)
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>   
> -	dp->phy = devm_phy_get(dp->dev, "dp");
> -	if (IS_ERR(dp->phy)) {
> -		dev_err(dp->dev, "no DP phy configured\n");
> -		ret = PTR_ERR(dp->phy);
> -		if (ret) {
> -			/*
> -			 * phy itself is not enabled, so we can move forward
> -			 * assigning NULL to phy pointer.
> -			 */
> -			if (ret == -ENOSYS || ret == -ENODEV)
> -				dp->phy = NULL;
> -			else
> -				return ERR_PTR(ret);
> -		}
> -	}

It should be better to add some comments here:

/*
  * Exynos5/RK3288/RK3399 use Analogix DP controller built-in PHY,
  * no separate PHY configuration is needed.
  */

> +	dp->phy = devm_phy_optional_get(dp->dev, "dp");
> +	if (IS_ERR(dp->phy))
> +		return ERR_CAST(dp->phy);
>   
>   	dp->clock = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "dp");
>   	if (IS_ERR(dp->clock)) {

With the comment added:
Reviewed-by: Damon Ding <damon.ding at rock-chips.com>

Best regards,
Damon




More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list