linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] drm/atmel-hlcdc: add support for connecting to tda998x HDMI encoder

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Message-ID: <0155b3cc-29ce-fa43-5588-b465c6ee064a@axentia.se>
Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:02:12 +0200
From:   Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] drm/atmel-hlcdc: add support for connecting to
 tda998x HDMI encoder

On 2018-04-18 09:36, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:10:51 +0200
> Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se> wrote:
> 
>> When the of-graph points to a tda998x-compatible HDMI encoder, register
>> as a component master and bind to the encoder/connector provided by
>> the tda998x driver.
> 
> Can't we do the opposite: make the tda998x driver expose its devices as
> drm bridges. I'd rather not add another way to connect external
> encoders (or bridges) to display controller drivers, especially since,
> when I asked DRM maintainers/devs what was the good approach to
> represent such external encoders they pointed me to the drm_bridge
> interface.

>From the cover letter:

"However, I don't know if the tilcdc driver is interfacing with the
tda998x driver in a sane and modern way"

So, which way is the future? Should bridges become components or should
existing bridge-like components no longer be components? Are there others?

Cheers,
Peter