Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::3:5 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::3:5;
Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:07:24 -0500
From:   =?utf-8?B?TsOtY29sYXMgRi4gUi4gQS4=?= Prado 
        <nfraprado@collabora.com>
To:     AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
Cc:     Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@kernel.org>, kernel@collabora.com,
        Bo-Chen Chen <rex-bc.chen@mediatek.com>,
        CK Hu <ck.hu@mediatek.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>,
        Guillaume Ranquet <granquet@baylibre.com>,
        Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@baylibre.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>,
        dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/mediatek: dp: Add phy_mtk_dp module as pre-dependency
Message-ID: <1de08400-8441-43b9-9104-395444bccc0e@notapiano>
References: <20231120202837.396760-1-nfraprado@collabora.com>
 <8fd1affd-936d-415e-9f1f-b0415b68ddb6@collabora.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
In-Reply-To: <8fd1affd-936d-415e-9f1f-b0415b68ddb6@collabora.com>
Precedence: bulk

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:59:14AM +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 20/11/23 21:28, N?colas F. R. A. Prado ha scritto:
> > The mtk_dp driver registers a phy device which is handled by the
> > phy_mtk_dp driver and assumes that the phy probe will complete
> > synchronously, proceeding to make use of functionality exposed by that
> > driver right away. This assumption however is false when the phy driver
> > is built as a module, causing the mtk_dp driver to fail probe in this
> > case.
> > 
> > Add the phy_mtk_dp module as a pre-dependency to the mtk_dp module to
> > ensure the phy module has been loaded before the dp, so that the phy
> > probe happens synchrounously and the mtk_dp driver can probe
> > successfully even with the phy driver built as a module.
> > 
> 
> You forgot a Suggested-by here :-P

Oops, sorry, I forgot that tag existed. Will send a v2 with it added :).

> 
> > Fixes: f70ac097a2cf ("drm/mediatek: Add MT8195 Embedded DisplayPort driver")
> > Signed-off-by: N?colas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@collabora.com>
> 
> It's fine anyway; being the best solution that we can use:
> 
> Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
> 
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dp.c | 1 +
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dp.c
> > index e4c16ba9902d..2136a596efa1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dp.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_dp.c
> > @@ -2818,3 +2818,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@baylibre.com>");
> >   MODULE_AUTHOR("Bo-Chen Chen <rex-bc.chen@mediatek.com>");
> >   MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek DisplayPort Driver");
> >   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > +MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: phy_mtk_dp");
>