Re: [PATCH] drm: mxsfb: Set proper default bus format when using a bridge

From: Guido Günther
Date: Tue Sep 28 2021 - 05:19:59 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > 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.

Cheers,
-- Guido