[PATCH v3] drm/bridge/sii902x: Fix EDID readback

[Fabrizio Castro]

Hello Boris,

> From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at bootlin.com>
> Sent: 15 November 2018 10:16
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] drm/bridge/sii902x: Fix EDID readback
>
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:13:52 +0100
> Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:52 PM Fabrizio Castro
> > <fabrizio.castro at bp.renesas.com> wrote:
> >
> > > While adding SiI9022A support to the iwg23s board, it came
> > > up that when the HDMI transmitter is in pass through mode the
> > > device is not compliant with the I2C specification anymore,
> > > as it requires a far bigger tbuf, due to a delay the HDMI
> > > transmitter is adding when relaying the STOP condition on the
> > > monitor i2c side of things.
> > >
> > > When not providing an appropriate delay after the STOP condition
> > > the i2c bus would get stuck. Also, any other traffic on the bus
> > > while talking to the monitor may cause the transaction to fail
> > > or even cause issues with the i2c bus as well.
> > >
> > > I2c-gates seemed to reach consent as a possible way to address
> > > these issues, and as such this patch is implementing a solution
> > > based on that. Since others are clearly relying on the current
> > > implementation of the driver, this patch won't require any DT
> > > changes.
> > >
> > > Since we don't want any interference during the DDC Bus
> > > Request/Grant procedure and while talking to the monitor, we
> > > have to use the adapter locking primitives rather than the
> > > i2c-mux locking primitives.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro at bp.renesas.com>
> > >
> > > ---
> > > v2->v3:
> > > * Incorporated comments from Boris Brezillon and Peter Rosin
> >
> > Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> >
> > Do you need help to apply this to drm-misc or do you
> > have commit access?
>
> I can do it if needed.

Yes, please, your help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Fab



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