[PATCH v3 3/3] drm/exynos: remove simplefb nodes before init

Kaustabh Chakraborty <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:28:34 +0530
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-samsung-soc,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The simple-framebuffer uses the framebuffer region initialized by the
boot loader for display. However, with Linux the DSI and FIMD/DECON
stack is initialized from scratch.

However, both are destined use the same memory region, so both cannot
co-exist. For a seamless display transition during boot, the framebuffer
must be destroyed, which releases the memory region, followed by proper
IP re-initialization. Achieve it using
aperture_remove_all_conflicting_devices(). This is also implemented in
other similar systems such as in Qualcomm's msm_kms driver.

Signed-off-by: Kaustabh Chakraborty <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c
index 9ee30086879f..7657f86a9d19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *	Seung-Woo Kim <[email protected]>
  */
 
+#include <linux/aperture.h>
 #include <linux/component.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -273,6 +274,11 @@ static int exynos_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_mode_config_cleanup;
 
+	/* Remove existing devices which own the framebuffer memory. */
+	ret = aperture_remove_all_conflicting_devices(exynos_drm_driver.name);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_unbind_all;
+
 	ret = drm_vblank_init(drm, drm->mode_config.num_crtc);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unbind_all;

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