[PATCH v4 6/9] drm: Decouple EDID parsing from I2C adapter

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Rob,

On Tuesday 25 November 2014 19:38:47 Rob Clark wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars at metafoo.de>
> > 
> > The drm_get_edid() function performs direct I2C accesses to read EDID
> > blocks, assuming that the monitor DDC interface is directly connected to
> > the I2C bus. It can't thus be used with HDMI encoders that control the
> > DDC bus and expose EDID blocks through a different interface.
> > 
> > Refactor drm_do_get_edid() to take a block read callback function
> > instead of an I2C adapter, and export it for direct use by drivers.
> > 
> > As in the general case the DDC bus is accessible by the kernel at the
> > I2C level, drivers must make all reasonable efforts to expose it as an
> > I2C adapter and use drm_get_edid() instead of abusing this function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars at metafoo.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
> > <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
> 
> I suppose if tda998x were converted over to use it, it would be a nice
> negative diffstat ;-)

 tda998x_drv.c |   86 ++++++++++++-------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)

:-)

> Reviewed-by: Rob Clark <robdclark at gmail.com>
> 
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  include/drm/drm_edid.h     |  5 +++++
> >  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Daniel, could you please review and hopefully ack this ? If this new
> > version is acceptable I'd like to send an updated pull request for R-Car
> > DU HDMI support for v3.19, so time is running short.
> > 
> > Changes since v3:
> > 
> > - Add kerneldoc for the new exported drm_do_get_edid function

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart