Re: bridge/microchip_lvds panel usage

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 03:50:11AM +0000, Dharma.B@microchip.com wrote:
> On 18/06/25 5:06 am, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:36:34AM -0500, Anusha Srivatsa wrote:
> >> Hey folks,
> >>
> >> Can someone please explain why the driver looks for a panel here:
> >> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.14.11/source/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/
> >> microchip-lvds.c#L182 and doesnt use it or set it up anywhere?
> >>
> >> I bumped into this while working on converting of_drm_find_panel() callers and
> >> the lvds->panel usage in this driver felt off. Am I missing something?
> > 
> > That doesn't seem needed.
> 
> Currently the LVDS controller driver is hardcoded to map LVDS lanes to 
> the JEIDA format.
> 
> In order to support the other format "VESA", we need this to query the 
> panel driver and set the appropriate format accordingly.
> 
> "drm_panel_get_modes(lvds->panel, connector)"

It would be nice if this could be done using the bridge API instead. An
LVDS sink does not necessarily need to be a panel.

> We'll be submitting the patch upstream shortly.
> 
> > By the way, please use plain text when posting to kernel mailing lists.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart