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<body><span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:jani.nikula@intel.com" title="Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>"> <span class="fn">Jani Nikula</span></a>
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title="NEEDINFO --- - [hsw bisected] flickering blurry screen, prefer fast over wide dp link param"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81647">bug 81647</a>
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title="NEEDINFO --- - [hsw bisected] flickering blurry screen, prefer fast over wide dp link param"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81647#c5">Comment # 5</a>
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title="NEEDINFO --- - [hsw bisected] flickering blurry screen, prefer fast over wide dp link param"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81647">bug 81647</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:jani.nikula@intel.com" title="Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>"> <span class="fn">Jani Nikula</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=81647#c4">comment #4</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=81647#c3">comment #3</a>)
> > Note this is a case where the earlier regression triumphs, and so this bug
> > must persist until the root cause is known (i.e. we can fix this without
> > breaking working machines).
>
> Is there anything I can do to help?</span >
I presume this is the laptop panel. Please try this patch:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index d7fc2c0e9ba8..f4248d7f64f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -889,23 +889,13 @@ intel_dp_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
bpp = dev_priv->vbt.edp_bpp;
}
- if (IS_BROADWELL(dev)) {
- /* Yes, it's an ugly hack. */
- min_lane_count = max_lane_count;
- DRM_DEBUG_KMS("forcing lane count to max (%u) on BDW\n",
- min_lane_count);
- } else if (dev_priv->vbt.edp_lanes) {
- min_lane_count = min(dev_priv->vbt.edp_lanes,
- max_lane_count);
- DRM_DEBUG_KMS("using min %u lanes per VBT\n",
- min_lane_count);
- }
-
- if (dev_priv->vbt.edp_rate) {
- min_clock = min(dev_priv->vbt.edp_rate >> 3, max_clock);
- DRM_DEBUG_KMS("using min %02x link bw per VBT\n",
- bws[min_clock]);
- }
+ /*
+ * Use the maximum clock and number of lanes the eDP panel
+ * advertizes being capable of. Typically these values
+ * correspond to the native resolution of the panel.
+ */
+ min_lane_count = max_lane_count;
+ min_clock = max_clock;
}
for (; bpp >= 6*3; bpp -= 2*3) {</pre>
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