[RFC 13/13] drm/dp: Add drm_dp_link_choose() helper

Thierry Reding thierry.reding at gmail.com
Wed Aug 12 08:06:41 PDT 2015


From: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>

This helper chooses an appropriate configuration, according to the
bitrate requirements of the video mode and the capabilities of the
DisplayPort sink.

Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h     |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index 2f35aba8ef17..fd7c26e476d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -655,6 +655,60 @@ int drm_dp_link_configure(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_link_configure);
 
+/**
+ * drm_dp_link_choose() - choose the lowest possible configuration for a mode
+ * @link: DRM DP link object
+ * @mode: DRM display mode
+ * @info: DRM display information
+ *
+ * According to the eDP specification, a source should select a configuration
+ * with the lowest number of lanes and the lowest possible link rate that can
+ * match the bitrate requirements of a video mode. However it must ensure not
+ * to exceed the capabilities of the sink.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int drm_dp_link_choose(struct drm_dp_link *link,
+		       const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
+		       const struct drm_display_info *info)
+{
+	/* available link symbol clock rates */
+	static const unsigned int rates[3] = { 162000, 270000, 540000 };
+	/* available number of lanes */
+	static const unsigned int lanes[3] = { 1, 2, 4 };
+	unsigned long requirement, capacity;
+	unsigned int rate = link->max_rate;
+	unsigned int i, j;
+
+	/* bandwidth requirement */
+	requirement = mode->clock * info->bpc * 3;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lanes) && lanes[i] <= link->max_lanes; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(rates) && rates[j] <= rate; j++) {
+			/*
+			 * Capacity for this combination of lanes and rate,
+			 * factoring in the ANSI 8B/10B encoding.
+			 *
+			 * Link rates in the DRM DP helpers are really link
+			 * symbol frequencies, so a tenth of the actual rate
+			 * of the link.
+			 */
+			capacity = lanes[i] * (rates[j] * 10) * 8 / 10;
+
+			if (capacity >= requirement) {
+				DRM_DEBUG_KMS("using %u lanes at %u kHz (%lu/%lu kbps)\n",
+					      lanes[i], rates[j], requirement,
+					      capacity);
+				link->lanes = lanes[i];
+				link->rate = rates[j];
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ERANGE;
+}
+
 /*
  * I2C-over-AUX implementation
  */
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
index 521f9d75771d..4c296e62b884 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
+#include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
+
 /*
  * Unless otherwise noted, all values are from the DP 1.1a spec.  Note that
  * DP and DPCD versions are independent.  Differences from 1.0 are not noted,
@@ -824,6 +826,9 @@ int drm_dp_link_probe(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 int drm_dp_link_power_up(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 int drm_dp_link_power_down(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 int drm_dp_link_configure(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
+int drm_dp_link_choose(struct drm_dp_link *link,
+		       const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
+		       const struct drm_display_info *info);
 
 int drm_dp_link_train(struct drm_dp_link *link);
 
-- 
2.4.5



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