Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] drm: Prepare to use a GPIO on ti-sn65dsi86 for Hot Plug Detect

[Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>]

Sam,

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 3:48 PM Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 1:15 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Douglas.
> >
> > On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 02:34:54PM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > >
> > > As talked about in commit c2bfc223882d ("drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86:
> > > Remove the mystery delay"), the normal HPD pin on ti-sn65dsi86 is
> > > kinda useless, at least for embedded DisplayPort (eDP).  However,
> > > despite the fact that the actual HPD pin on the bridge is mostly
> > > useless for eDP, the concept of HPD for eDP still makes sense.  It
> > > allows us to optimize out a hardcoded delay that many panels need if
> > > HPD isn't hooked up.  Panel timing diagrams show HPD as one of the
> > > events to measure timing from and we have to assume the worst case if
> > > we can't actually read HPD.
> > >
> > > One way to use HPD for eDP without using the mostly useless HPD pin on
> > > ti-sn65dsi86 is to route the panel's HPD somewhere else in the system,
> > > like to a GPIO.  This works great because eDP panels aren't physically
> > > hotplugged.  That means the debouncing logic that caused us problems
> > > wasn't really needed and a raw GPIO works great.
> > >
> > > As per the above, a smart board designer would realize the value of
> > > HPD and choose to route it to a GPIO somewhere on the board to avoid
> > > the silly sn65dsi86 debouncing.  While said "smart designer" could
> > > theoretically route HPD anywhere on the board, a really smart designer
> > > would realize that there are several GPIOs on the bridge itself that
> > > are nearly useless for anything but this purpose and route HPD to one
> > > of those.
> > >
> > > This series of patches is intended to allow the scenario described
> > > above.
> > >
> > > This patch has been tested on a board that is not yet mainline.  On
> > > the hardware I have:
> > > - Panel spec says HPD could take up to 200 ms to come up, so without
> > >   HPD hooked up we need to delay 200 ms.
> > > - On my board the panel is powered by the same rail as the
> > >   touchscreen.  By chance of probe order the touchscreen comes up
> > >   first.  This means by the time we check HPD in ti_sn_bridge_enable()
> > >   it's already up.  Thus we can use the panel on 200 ms earlier.
> > > - If I measure HPD on this pane it comes up ~56 ms after the panel is
> > >   powered.  This means I can save 144 ms of delay.
> > >
> > > Side effects (though not main goals) of this series are:
> > > - ti-sn65dsi86 GPIOs are now exported in Linux.
> > > - ti-sn65dsi86 bindings are converted to yaml.
> > > - Common panel bindings now have "hpd-gpios" listed.
> > > - The simple-panel driver in Linux can delay in prepare based on
> > >   "hpd-gpios"
> > > - ti-sn65dsi86 bindings (and current user) now specifies "no-hpd"
> > >   if HPD isn't hooked up.
> > >
> > > Changes in v5:
> > > - Use of_xlate so that numbers in dts start at 1, not 0.
> > > - Squash https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200506140208.v2.2.I0a2bca02b09c1fcb6b09479b489736d600b3e57f@changeid/
> > >
> > > Changes in v4:
> > > - Don't include gpio.h
> > > - Use gpiochip_get_data() instead of container_of() to get data.
> > > - GPIOF_DIR_XXX => GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_XXX
> > > - Use Linus W's favorite syntax to read a bit from a bitfield.
> > > - Define and use SN_GPIO_MUX_MASK.
> > > - Add a comment about why we use a bitmap for gchip_output.
> > > - Tacked on "or is otherwise unusable." to description.
> > >
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > - Becaue => Because
> > > - Add a kernel-doc to our pdata to clarify double-duty of gchip_output.
> > > - More comments about how powering off affects us (get_dir, dir_input).
> > > - Cleanup tail of ti_sn_setup_gpio_controller() to avoid one "return".
> > > - Use a bitmap rather than rolling my own.
> > > - Remind how gpio_get_optional() works in the commit message.
> > > - useful implement => useful to implement
> > >
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > - ("Export...GPIOs") is 1/2 of replacement for ("Allow...bridge GPIOs")
> > > - ("dt-bindings: display: Add hpd-gpios to panel-common...") new for v2
> > > - ("simple...hpd-gpios") is 1/2 of replacement for ("Allow...bridge GPIOs")
> > > - specification => specifier.
> > > - power up => power.
> > > - Added back missing suspend-gpios.
> > > - data-lanes and lane-polarities are are the right place now.
> > > - endpoints don't need to be patternProperties.
> > > - Specified more details for data-lanes and lane-polarities.
> > > - Added old example back in, fixing bugs in it.
> > > - Example i2c bus is just called "i2c", not "i2c1" now.
> > > - ("dt-bindings: drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Document no-hpd") new for v2.
> > > - ("arm64: dts: sdm845: Add "no-hpd" to sn65dsi86 on cheza") new for v2.
> > >
> > > Douglas Anderson (6):
> > >   drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Export bridge GPIOs to Linux
> > >   dt-bindings: display: Add hpd-gpios to panel-common bindings
> > >   drm/panel-simple: Support hpd-gpios for delaying prepare()
> > >   dt-bindings: drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Convert to yaml
> > >   dt-bindings: drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Document no-hpd
> > >   arm64: dts: sdm845: Add "no-hpd" to sn65dsi86 on cheza
> >
> > Applied:
> > >   dt-bindings: display: Add hpd-gpios to panel-common bindings
> > >   drm/panel-simple: Support hpd-gpios for delaying prepare()
> > to drm-misc-next.
> >
> > The others was missing reviews so we need to wait for feedback.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Given the previous feedback from Linus W, Stephen, and Laurent I
> expect things are good enough to land now, but it'd be good to get
> confirmation (I removed some of the previous tags just to get
> confirmation).  If we can get review tags early next week maybe it'll
> still be in time to land for 5.8?

I think all the others have reviews now.  Is there anything blocking
them from getting applied?

Thanks!

-Doug