[PATCH 2/2] drm/amd/display: Allow current eDP link settings to override verified ones.

Mario Kleiner mario.kleiner.de at gmail.com
Thu Jan 9 15:20:28 UTC 2020


If the current eDP link settings, as read from hw, provide a higher
bandwidth than the verified_link_cap ones (= reported_link_cap), then
override verified_link_cap with current settings.

These initial current eDP link settings have been set up by
firmware during boot, so they should work on the eDP panel.
Therefore use them if the firmware thinks they are good and
they provide higher link bandwidth, e.g., to enable higher
resolutions / color depths.

This fixes a problem found on the MacBookPro 2017 Retina panel:

The panel reports 10 bpc color depth in its EDID, and the
firmware chooses link settings at boot which support enough
bandwidth for 10 bpc (324000 kbit/sec aka LINK_RATE_RBR2),
but the DP_MAX_LINK_RATE dpcd register only reports 2.7 Gbps
as possible, so verified_link_cap is only good for 2.7 Gbps
and 8 bpc, not providing the full color depth of the panel.

Signed-off-by: Mario Kleiner <mario.kleiner.de at gmail.com>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
index 5ea4a1675259..f3acdb8fead5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
@@ -819,6 +819,27 @@ static bool dc_link_detect_helper(struct dc_link *link,
 		case SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP: {
 			detect_edp_sink_caps(link);
 			read_current_link_settings_on_detect(link);
+
+			/* If cur_link_settings provides higher bandwidth than
+			 * verified_link_cap, then use cur_link_settings as new
+			 * verified_link_cap, as it obviously works according to
+			 * firmware boot setup.
+			 *
+			 * This has been observed on the Apple MacBookPro 2017
+			 * Retina panel, which boots with a link setting higher
+			 * than what dpcd[DP_MAX_LINK_RATE] claims as possible.
+			 * Overriding allows to run the panel at 10 bpc / 30 bit.
+			 */
+			if (dc_link_bandwidth_kbps(link, &link->cur_link_settings) >
+			    dc_link_bandwidth_kbps(link, &link->verified_link_cap)) {
+				DC_LOG_DETECTION_DP_CAPS(
+				"eDP current link setting bw %d kbps > verified_link_cap %d kbps. Override.",
+				dc_link_bandwidth_kbps(link, &link->cur_link_settings),
+				dc_link_bandwidth_kbps(link, &link->verified_link_cap));
+
+				link->verified_link_cap = link->cur_link_settings;
+			}
+
 			sink_caps.transaction_type = DDC_TRANSACTION_TYPE_I2C_OVER_AUX;
 			sink_caps.signal = SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP;
 			break;
-- 
2.24.0



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