Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/bridge: microchip-lvds: drop unused drm_panel

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

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 10:46:26AM +0000, Dharma.B@microchip.com wrote:
> On 24/06/25 4:12 pm, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 02:54:14PM +0530, Dharma Balasubiramani wrote:
> >> Drop the drm_panel field of the mchp_lvds struct as it is unused.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dharma Balasubiramani <dharma.b@microchip.com>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/microchip-lvds.c | 7 -------
> >>   1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/microchip-lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/microchip-lvds.c
> >> index 9f4ff82bc6b4..42751124b868 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/microchip-lvds.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/microchip-lvds.c
> >> @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
> >>   #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
> >>   #include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
> >>   #include <drm/drm_of.h>
> >> -#include <drm/drm_panel.h>
> >>   #include <drm/drm_print.h>
> >>   #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
> >>   #include <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h>
> >> @@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ struct mchp_lvds {
> >>        struct device *dev;
> >>        void __iomem *regs;
> >>        struct clk *pclk;
> >> -     struct drm_panel *panel;
> >>        struct drm_bridge bridge;
> >>        struct drm_bridge *panel_bridge;
> >>   };
> >> @@ -179,13 +177,8 @@ static int mchp_lvds_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>                        "can't find port point, please init lvds panel port!\n");
> >>                return -ENODEV;
> >>        }
> > 
> > The above code seems unneeded now, I think you can drop it too.
> 
> Yes, I considered removing it as well. However, I was wondering if it 
> might still be valuable to return early when the endpoint isn't found, 
> to clearly indicate that the panel port is missing.

That error is covered by the devm_drm_of_get_bridge() call below, so I
think you can drop the code above.

> >> -
> >> -     lvds->panel = of_drm_find_panel(port);
> >>        of_node_put(port);
> >>
> >> -     if (IS_ERR(lvds->panel))
> >> -             return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> >> -
> >>        lvds->panel_bridge = devm_drm_of_get_bridge(dev, dev->of_node, 1, 0);
> >>
> >>        if (IS_ERR(lvds->panel_bridge))

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart