[PATCH v9 00/15] Apply drm_bridge_connector and panel_bridge helper for the Analogix DP driver

[Damon Ding]

On 2/10/2026 3:12 PM, Damon Ding wrote:
> Picked from:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251217093321.3108939-1-damon.ding@rock-chips.com/
> 
> PATCH 1 is to add a new parameter to store the point of next bridge.
> PATCH 2 is to make legacy bridge driver more universal.
> PATCH 3-8 are preparations for apply drm_bridge_connector helper.
> PATCH 9 is to apply the drm_bridge_connector helper.
> PATCH 10-12 are to move the panel/bridge parsing to the Analogix side.
> PATCH 13 is to attach the next bridge on Analogix side uniformly.
> PATCH 14-15 are to apply the panel_bridge helper.
> 
> The following reviewed commits, which to make codes more concise, are
> rebased to the front of this patch series:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251110085823.1197472-1-damon.ding@rock-chips.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251111022103.1350183-1-damon.ding@rock-chips.com/
> 
> Damon Ding (15):
>    drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Add &analogix_dp_plat_data.next_bridge
>    drm/bridge: Move legacy bridge driver out of imx directory for
>      multi-platform use
>    drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Remove &exynos_dp_device.ptn_bridge
>    drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Remove unused &exynos_dp_device.connector
>    drm/exynos: exynos_dp: Apply of-display-mode-bridge to parse the
>      display-timings node
>    drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Remove redundant
>      &analogix_dp_plat_data.skip_connector
>    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/exynos: exynos_dp: Apply analogix_dp_finish_probe()
>    drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Attach the next bridge in
>      analogix_dp_bridge_attach()
>    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/Kconfig                |  10 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile               |   1 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig       |   1 +
>   .../drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.c    | 238 +++++++++---------
>   .../drm/bridge/analogix/analogix_dp_core.h    |   1 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig            |  10 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Makefile           |   1 -
>   .../gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx-legacy-bridge.c    |  91 -------
>   .../gpu/drm/bridge/of-display-mode-bridge.c   |  93 +++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig                |   2 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp.c            | 110 ++------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/Kconfig             |   4 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/imx-ldb.c           |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/parallel-display.c  |   5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig              |   1 +
>   .../gpu/drm/rockchip/analogix_dp-rockchip.c   |  67 +----
>   include/drm/bridge/analogix_dp.h              |   8 +-
>   include/drm/bridge/imx.h                      |  17 --
>   include/drm/bridge/of-display-mode-bridge.h   |  17 ++
>   19 files changed, 297 insertions(+), 386 deletions(-)
>   delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx-legacy-bridge.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/of-display-mode-bridge.c
>   delete mode 100644 include/drm/bridge/imx.h
>   create mode 100644 include/drm/bridge/of-display-mode-bridge.h
> 
> ---
> 
> 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.
> 
> Changes in v6:
> - Move legacy bridge driver out of imx directory for multi-platform use.
> - Apply DRM legacy bridge to parse display timings intead of implementing
>    the same codes only for Exynos DP.
> - Ensure last bridge determines EDID/modes detection capabilities in DRM
>    bridge_connector driver.
> - Remove unnecessary drm_bridge_get_modes() in
>    analogix_dp_bridge_get_modes().
> - Simplify analogix_dp_bridge_edid_read().
> - If the next is a bridge, set DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT and return
>    connector_status_connected in analogix_dp_bridge_detect().
> - Set flag DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR for bridge attachment while
>    binding. Meanwhile, make DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR unsuppported
>    in analogix_dp_bridge_attach().
> - Move the next bridge attachment to the Analogix side rather than
>    scattered on Rockchip and Exynos sides.
> - Remove the unnecessary analogix_dp_bridge_get_modes().
> - Squash [PATCH v5 15/17] into [PATCH v5 17/17].
> - Fix the &drm_bridge->ops to DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID | DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT.
> 
> Changes in v7:
> - As Luca suggested, simplify the code and related comment for bridge_connector
>    modifications. Additionally, move the commit related to bridge_connector to
>    the top of this patch series.
> - Rename legacy-bridge driver to of-display-mode-bridge driver.
> - Remove unnecessary API drm_bridge_is_legacy() and apply a temporary flag
>    &exynos_dp_device.has_of_bridge instead, which will be removed finally.
> - Remove exynos_dp_legacy_bridge_init() and inline API
>    devm_drm_of_display_mode_bridge().
> 
> Changes in v8:
> - Adapt the related modifications to the newest bridge_connector driver.
> 
> Changes in v9:
> - Fix the Kconfig help text for CONFIG_DRM_OF_DISPLAY_MODE_BRIDGE.
> - Add Tested-by tag from Heiko.
> 

Gentle ping.

I think the patches are in good shape and ready for merging.

Best regards,
Damon