[PATCH v2 2/4] drm/dp: Add drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status()

[Thierry Reding]

The function reads the link status (6 bytes starting at offset 0x202)
from the DPCD so that it can be conveniently passed to other DPCD
helpers.

Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h     |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index bd622d462ca7..8111b8e5a8bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -462,3 +462,19 @@ ssize_t drm_dp_dpcd_write(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, unsigned int offset,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_dpcd_write);
+
+/**
+ * drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status() - read DPCD link status (bytes 0x202-0x207)
+ * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
+ * @status: buffer to store the link status in (must be at least 6 bytes)
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bytes transferred on success or a negative error
+ * code on failure.
+ */
+int drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
+				 u8 status[DP_LINK_STATUS_SIZE])
+{
+	return drm_dp_dpcd_read(aux, DP_LANE0_1_STATUS, status,
+				DP_LINK_STATUS_SIZE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
index 0b14e799cd98..38cbaef05005 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
@@ -461,4 +461,7 @@ static inline ssize_t drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, u8 value,
 	return drm_dp_dpcd_write(aux, offset, &value, 1);
 }
 
+int drm_dp_dpcd_read_link_status(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
+				 u8 status[DP_LINK_STATUS_SIZE]);
+
 #endif /* _DRM_DP_HELPER_H_ */
-- 
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