linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] drm/bridge: synopsis: Add mode

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Message-Id: <8F63582D-08E9-4B9D-B2E2-B862830C57D1@goldelico.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Aug 2021 16:45:01 +0200
From:   "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
To:     Robert Foss <robert.foss@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] drm/bridge: synopsis: Add mode_fixup and bridge
 timings support

Hi Robert,

> Am 05.08.2021 um 16:32 schrieb Robert Foss <robert.foss@...aro.org>:
> 
> Hey Nikolaus,
> 
> Thanks for submitting this series.
> 
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 16:08, H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...delico.com> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Paul Boddie <paul@...die.org.uk>
>> 
>> +       .mode_fixup = dw_hdmi_bridge_mode_fixup,
> 
> mode_fixup() has been deprecated[1] in favor of atomic_check(), care
> has to be taken when switching to atomic_check() as it has access to
> the full atomic commit.
> 
> Looking at this driver, it's using mode_set as well, which should be fixed.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20210722062246.2512666-8-sam@ravnborg.org/

Thanks for this link!

I have found some patches which convert mode_fixup -> atomic_check (e.g. 3afb2a28fa2404)
and atomic_check was apparently introduced by b86d895524ab72

That should be sufficient information that we can modify it.

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus