Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] drm/bridge: Add fwnode based helpers to get the next bridge

[Sui Jingfeng]

Hi,


On 2024/3/8 04:40, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > But really, there is nothing so hard about it:
> > > - Change of_node to fw_node, apply an automatic patch changing this in
> > > bridge drivers.
> > > - Make drm_of_bridge functions convert passed of_node and comp
> > >
> > > After this we can start cleaning up bridge drivers to use fw_node API
> > > natively as you did in your patches 2-4.
> > Yes, it's not so hard. But I'm a little busy due to other downstream developing
> > tasks. Sorry, very sorry!
> >
> > During the talk with you, I observed that you are very good at fwnode domain.
> > Are you willing to help the community to do something? For example, currently
> > the modern drm bridge framework is corrupted by legacy implement, is it possible
> > for us to migrate them to modern? Instead of rotting there? such as the lontium-lt9611uxc.c
> > which create a drm connector manually, not modernized yet and it's DT dependent.
> > So, there are a lot things to do.
> Actually, lontium-lt9611uxc.c does both of that 😉 It supports
> creating a connector and it as well supports attaching to a chain
> without creating a connector. Pretty nice, isn't it?


I'm not very sure. But I remember a most experienced told me that
"Not having anything connector-related in the drm_bridge driver is a canonical design".
And I think he is right and I believed.