[PATCH V7 3/4] drm/bridge: Add driver for GE B850v3 LVDS/DP++ Bridge

Peter Senna Tschudin peter.senna at collabora.com
Sat Jan 28 14:16:46 UTC 2017


On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 01:18:47PM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
Hi Archit,

Thank you for the comments!

[...]
> > +	total_size = (block[EDID_EXT_BLOCK_CNT] + 1) * EDID_LENGTH;
> > +	if (total_size > EDID_LENGTH) {
> > +		kfree(block);
> > +		block = kmalloc(total_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		if (!block)
> > +			return NULL;
> > +
> > +		/* Yes, read the entire buffer, and do not skip the first
> > +		 * EDID_LENGTH bytes.
> > +		 */
> 
> Is this the reason why you aren't using drm_do_get_edid()?

Yes, for some hw specific reason, it is necessary to read the entire
EDID buffer starting from 0, not block by block.

[...]

I fixed all your other suggestions. Thank you!


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