Re: [RFC 0/1] drm/mipi-dbi: Use drm_device for debugfs, drop drm_minor

["Maíra Canal" <mcanal@igalia.com>]

Hi Jagath,

On 21/04/25 05:59, Jagath Jog J wrote:
> This patch updates the MIPI DBI driver to use drm_device.debugfs_root
> instead of drm_minor for creating debugfs files. The debugfs setup is now
> done earlier in probe(), before drm_dev_register(), and the drivers can
> avoid using the .debugfs_init callback.
> 
> This is an initial version, and only a few drivers are updated for now.
> 
> I noticed that some newer drivers or patches still use
> drm_debugfs_create_files(), which relies on drm_minor. I was wondering if
> there is a specific reason for this, or if there's a plan to switch to
> drm_debugfs_add_files? I can send patches to update more drivers if
> that helps.

Yes, there was a plan to switch to drm_debugfs_add_files(), as it
centers the debugfs files management on the drm_device instead of
drm_minor.

But, in the end, we concluded that we needed a few more changes in the
infrastructure to make things more generic. Here are some discussions
[1][2] and this was my plan to make things more generic [3], which
needed some improvements.

It would be create if you help us to cleanup debugfs and feel free to
use my patches as a base for it.

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230209081838.45273-1-christian.koenig@amd.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/87eds0gm9b.fsf@intel.com/
[3] 
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230131195825.677487-1-mcanal@igalia.com/

Best Regards,
- Maíra

> 
> This patch helps move toward the debugfs cleanup task listed here:
> https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/todo.html#clean-up-the-debugfs-support
> 
> Looking forward to your feedback.
> 
> Jagath Jog J (1):
>    drm/mipi-dbi: Use drm_device for debugfs, drop drm_minor and
>      .debugfs_init
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c        | 8 ++++----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9163.c        | 3 ++-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/panel-mipi-dbi.c | 3 ++-
>   include/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.h            | 4 ++--
>   4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>