[RESEND,1/6] drm/bridge: add transparent bridge helper

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
index ba82a1142adf..f12eab62799f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@  config DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
 	help
 	  DRM bridge wrapper of DRM panels
 
+config DRM_AUX_BRIDGE
+	tristate
+	depends on DRM_BRIDGE && OF
+	select AUXILIARY_BUS
+	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
+	help
+	  Simple transparent bridge that is used by several non-DRM drivers to
+	  build bridges chain.
+
 menu "Display Interface Bridges"
 	depends on DRM && DRM_BRIDGE
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile
index 2b892b7ed59e..918e3bfff079 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_AUX_BRIDGE) += aux-bridge.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211) += chipone-icn6211.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_CHRONTEL_CH7033) += chrontel-ch7033.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_CROS_EC_ANX7688) += cros-ec-anx7688.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6245976b8fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.c
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Linaro Ltd.
+ *
+ * Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
+ */
+#include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+#include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
+#include <drm/bridge/aux-bridge.h>
+
+static DEFINE_IDA(drm_aux_bridge_ida);
+
+static void drm_aux_bridge_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct auxiliary_device *adev = to_auxiliary_dev(dev);
+
+	ida_free(&drm_aux_bridge_ida, adev->id);
+
+	kfree(adev);
+}
+
+static void drm_aux_bridge_unregister_adev(void *_adev)
+{
+	struct auxiliary_device *adev = _adev;
+
+	auxiliary_device_delete(adev);
+	auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_aux_bridge_register - Create a simple bridge device to link the chain
+ * @parent: device instance providing this bridge
+ *
+ * Creates a simple DRM bridge that doesn't implement any drm_bridge
+ * operations. Such bridges merely fill a place in the bridge chain linking
+ * surrounding DRM bridges.
+ *
+ * Return: zero on success, negative error code on failure
+ */
+int drm_aux_bridge_register(struct device *parent)
+{
+	struct auxiliary_device *adev;
+	int ret;
+
+	adev = kzalloc(sizeof(*adev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!adev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = ida_alloc(&drm_aux_bridge_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		kfree(adev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	adev->id = ret;
+	adev->name = "aux_bridge";
+	adev->dev.parent = parent;
+	adev->dev.of_node = parent->of_node;
+	adev->dev.release = drm_aux_bridge_release;
+
+	ret = auxiliary_device_init(adev);
+	if (ret) {
+		ida_free(&drm_aux_bridge_ida, adev->id);
+		kfree(adev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = auxiliary_device_add(adev);
+	if (ret) {
+		auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return devm_add_action_or_reset(parent, drm_aux_bridge_unregister_adev, adev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_aux_bridge_register);
+
+struct drm_aux_bridge_data {
+	struct drm_bridge bridge;
+	struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
+	struct device *dev;
+};
+
+static int drm_aux_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
+				    enum drm_bridge_attach_flags flags)
+{
+	struct drm_aux_bridge_data *data;
+
+	if (!(flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	data = container_of(bridge, struct drm_aux_bridge_data, bridge);
+
+	return drm_bridge_attach(bridge->encoder, data->next_bridge, bridge,
+				 DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
+}
+
+static const struct drm_bridge_funcs drm_aux_bridge_funcs = {
+	.attach	= drm_aux_bridge_attach,
+};
+
+static int drm_aux_bridge_probe(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev,
+				   const struct auxiliary_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct drm_aux_bridge_data *data;
+
+	data = devm_kzalloc(&auxdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	data->dev = &auxdev->dev;
+	data->next_bridge = devm_drm_of_get_bridge(&auxdev->dev, auxdev->dev.of_node, 0, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(data->next_bridge))
+		return dev_err_probe(&auxdev->dev, PTR_ERR(data->next_bridge),
+				     "failed to acquire drm_bridge\n");
+
+	data->bridge.funcs = &drm_aux_bridge_funcs;
+	data->bridge.of_node = data->dev->of_node;
+
+	return devm_drm_bridge_add(data->dev, &data->bridge);
+}
+
+static const struct auxiliary_device_id drm_aux_bridge_table[] = {
+	{ .name = KBUILD_MODNAME ".aux_bridge" },
+	{},
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(auxiliary, drm_aux_bridge_table);
+
+static struct auxiliary_driver drm_aux_bridge_drv = {
+	.name = "aux_bridge",
+	.id_table = drm_aux_bridge_table,
+	.probe = drm_aux_bridge_probe,
+};
+module_auxiliary_driver(drm_aux_bridge_drv);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DRM transparent bridge");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.h b/include/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..441ab3f0e920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/drm/bridge/aux-bridge.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Linaro Ltd.
+ *
+ * Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
+ */
+#ifndef DRM_AUX_BRIDGE_H
+#define DRM_AUX_BRIDGE_H
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_AUX_BRIDGE)
+int drm_aux_bridge_register(struct device *parent);
+#else
+static inline int drm_aux_bridge_register(struct device *parent)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif