[PATCH v3 0/4] drm/dp: Introduce AUX channel infrastructure

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Thierry Reding
> <thierry.reding at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This small series introduces some infrastructure to support AUX channels
>> in a generic way. Drivers make use of it by embedding and filling in a
>> struct drm_dp_aux. Various helpers can then be used to for example read
>> from or write to the DPCD.
>>
>> Patch 1 adds the basic infrastructure as well as a couple of helpers to
>> access the DPCD.
>>
>> The helper introduced in patch 2 can be used to obtain the link status
>> as expected by various existing DP helpers.
>>
>> More convenience helpers are added in patch 3, which can come in handy
>> during DP initialization.
>>
>> An AUX channel can also be used to implement I2C-over-AUX and patch 4
>> implements an I2C adapter that can be used with the DRM EDID helpers.
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - address comments by Jani Nikula:
>>   - keep debug and error messages in AUX helpers
>>   - read/write back-to-back registers in chunks
>>   - separate link power up and configuration
>>   - do not power up for DPCD prior to 1.1
>>   - sleep after power up as per the spec
>>   - return number of bytes transferred
>>   - factor out some common code
>>   - reorder function arguments
>>   - fix typo in comment
>> - address comments by Daniel Vetter:
>>   - embed i2c_adapter within struct drm_dp_aux
>>   - describe error codes
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - reimplement I2C-over-AUX functionality to get rid of the additional
>>   layer
>> - extract retry logic from existing drivers
>> - add more kerneldoc comments
>>
>
> Just one small spelling fix in patch 3, with that fixed,
>

For the series:

> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
>
> Thanks for doing this!
>
> Alex
>
>> Thierry
>>
>> Thierry Reding (4):
>>   drm/dp: Add AUX channel infrastructure
>>   drm/dp: Add drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status()
>>   drm/dp: Add DisplayPort link helpers
>>   drm/dp: Allow registering AUX channels as I2C busses
>>
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 403 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h     |  92 +++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 495 insertions(+)
>>
>> --
>> 1.8.4.2
>>
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