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    drm/bridge: Add the necessary bits to support bus format negotiation · f32df58a
    Boris Brezillon authored
    drm_bridge_state is extended to describe the input and output bus
    configurations. These bus configurations are exposed through the
    drm_bus_cfg struct which encodes the configuration of a physical
    bus between two components in an output pipeline, usually between
    two bridges, an encoder and a bridge, or a bridge and a connector.
    
    The bus configuration is stored in drm_bridge_state separately for
    the input and output buses, as seen from the point of view of each
    bridge. The bus configuration of a bridge output is usually identical
    to the configuration of the next bridge's input, but may differ if
    the signals are modified between the two bridges, for instance by an
    inverter on the board. The input and output configurations of a
    bridge may differ if the bridge modifies the signals internally,
    for instance by performing format conversion, or*modifying signals
    polarities.
    
    Bus format negotiation is automated by the core, drivers just have
    to implement the ->atomic_get_{output,input}_bus_fmts() hooks if they
    want to take part to this negotiation. Negotiation happens in reverse
    order, starting from the last element of the chain (the one directly
    connected to the display) up to the first element of the chain (the one
    connected to the encoder).
    During this negotiation all supported formats are tested until we find
    one that works, meaning that the formats array should be in decreasing
    preference order (assuming the driver has a preference order).
    
    Note that the bus format negotiation works even if some elements in the
    chain don't implement the ->atomic_get_{output,input}_bus_fmts() hooks.
    In that case, the core advertises only MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED and lets
    the previous bridge element decide what to do (most of the time, bridge
    drivers will pick a default bus format or extract this piece of
    information from somewhere else, like a FW property).
    
    v10:
    * Add changelog to the commit message
    
    v9:
    * No changes
    
    v8:
    * Fix a test in drm_atomic_bridge_chain_select_bus_fmts() (Reported by
      Jonas)
    
    v7:
    * Adapt the code to deal with the fact that not all bridges in the
      chain have a bridge state
    
    v5 -> v6:
    * No changes
    
    v4:
    * Enhance the doc
    * Fix typos
    * Rename some parameters/fields
    * Reword the commit message
    
    v3:
    * Fix the commit message (Reported by Laurent)
    * Document the fact that bus formats should not be directly modified by
      drivers (Suggested by Laurent)
    * Document the fact that format order matters (Suggested by Laurent)
    * Propagate bus flags by default
    * Document the fact that drivers can tweak bus flags if needed
    * Let ->atomic_get_{output,input}_bus_fmts() allocate the bus format
      array (Suggested by Laurent)
    * Add a drm_atomic_helper_bridge_propagate_bus_fmt()
    * Mandate that bridge drivers return accurate input_fmts even if they
      are known to be the first element in the bridge chain
    
    v2:
    * Rework things to support more complex use cases
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBoris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>
    [narmstrong: fixed doc in include/drm/drm_bridge.h:69 fmt->format]
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>
    Tested-by: default avatarJonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>
    Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200128135514.108171-7-boris.brezillon@collabora.com
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