[PATCH v5 2/5] drm/dp: fix link probing for devices supporting DP 1.4+

Damian Kos dkos at cadence.com
Tue Sep 25 09:13:32 UTC 2018


From: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at free-electrons.com>

DP 1.4 introduced a DP_EXTENDED_RECEIVER_CAP_FIELD_PRESENT bit in
DP_TRAINING_AUX_RD_INTERVAL register. If set, DPCD registers from
DP_DPCD_REV to DP_ADAPTER_CAP should be retrieved starting from
DP_DPCD_REV_EXTENDED. All registers are copied except DP_DPCD_REV,
DP_MAX_LINK_RATE and DP_DOWNSTREAMPORT_PRESENT which represent the
"true capabilities" of DPRX device.

Original DP_DPCD_REV, DP_MAX_LINK_RATE and DP_DOWNSTREAMPORT_PRESENT
might falsely return lower capabilities to "avoid interoperability
issues with some of the existing DP Source devices that malfunction
when they discover the higher capabilities within those three
registers.".

Before DP 1.4, DP_EXTENDED_RECEIVER_CAP_FIELD_PRESENT bit was reserved
and read 0 so it's safe to check against it even if DP revision is
<1.4

Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Damian Kos <dkos at cadence.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index 8c6b9fd89f8a..735ebde5c2f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -370,10 +370,38 @@ int drm_dp_link_probe(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link)
 {
 	u8 values[3];
 	int err;
+	unsigned int addr;
 
 	memset(link, 0, sizeof(*link));
 
-	err = drm_dp_dpcd_read(aux, DP_DPCD_REV, values, sizeof(values));
+	/*
+	 * DP 1.4 introduced a DP_EXTENDED_RECEIVER_CAP_FIELD_PRESENT bit in
+	 * DP_TRAINING_AUX_RD_INTERVAL register. If set, DPCD registers from
+	 * DP_DPCD_REV to DP_ADAPTER_CAP should be retrieved starting from
+	 * DP_DPCD_REV_EXTENDED. All registers are copied except DP_DPCD_REV,
+	 * DP_MAX_LINK_RATE and DP_DOWNSTREAMPORT_PRESENT which represent the
+	 * "true capabilities" of DPRX device.
+	 *
+	 * Original DP_DPCD_REV, DP_MAX_LINK_RATE and DP_DOWNSTREAMPORT_PRESENT
+	 * might falsely return lower capabilities to "avoid interoperability
+	 * issues with some of the existing DP Source devices that malfunction
+	 * when they discover the higher capabilities within those three
+	 * registers.".
+	 *
+	 * Before DP 1.4, DP_EXTENDED_RECEIVER_CAP_FIELD_PRESENT bit was reserved
+	 * and read 0 so it's safe to check against it even if DP revision is
+	 * <1.4
+	 */
+	err = drm_dp_dpcd_readb(aux, DP_TRAINING_AUX_RD_INTERVAL, values);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	if (values[0] & DP_EXTENDED_RECEIVER_CAP_FIELD_PRESENT)
+		addr = DP_DP13_DPCD_REV;
+	else
+		addr = DP_DPCD_REV;
+
+	err = drm_dp_dpcd_read(aux, addr, values, sizeof(values));
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-- 
2.17.1



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