[PATCH v2] drm/display: Don't assume dual mode adaptors support i2c sub-addressing
Ville Syrjälä
ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com
Fri Oct 7 17:00:26 UTC 2022
On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 06:11:37PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 11:33:14AM +0200, Simon Rettberg wrote:
> > Current dual mode adaptor ("DP++") detection code assumes that all
> > adaptors support i2c sub-addressing for read operations from the
> > DP-HDMI adaptor ID buffer. It has been observed that multiple
> > adaptors do not in fact support this, and always return data starting
> > at register 0. On affected adaptors, the code fails to read the proper
> > registers that would identify the device as a type 2 adaptor, and
> > handles those as type 1, limiting the TMDS clock to 165MHz, even if
> > the according register would announce a higher TMDS clock.
> > Fix this by always reading the ID buffer starting from offset 0, and
> > discarding any bytes before the actual offset of interest.
> >
> > We tried finding authoritative documentation on whether or not this is
> > allowed behaviour, but since all the official VESA docs are paywalled,
> > the best we could come up with was the spec sheet for Texas Instruments'
> > SNx5DP149 chip family.[1] It explicitly mentions that sub-addressing is
> > supported for register writes, but *not* for reads (See NOTE in
> > section 8.5.3). Unless TI openly decided to violate the VESA spec, one
> > could take that as a hint that sub-addressing is in fact not mandated
> > by VESA.
> > The other two adaptors affected used the PS8409(A) and the LT8611,
> > according to the data returned from their ID buffers.
> >
> > [1] https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn75dp149.pdf
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Rettberg <simon.rettberg at rz.uni-freiburg.de>
> > Reviewed-by: Rafael Gieschke <rafael.gieschke at rz.uni-freiburg.de>
> > ---
> >
> > v2 changes form last submission's feedback (thanks for taking the time):
> > - Added a shortened version of our "background story" to the commit message
> > - Only use tmpbuf if the read offset is != 0
>
> Bounced to intel-gfx to get the i915 CI to check it...
CI didn't blow up, and I also gave this a quick smoking on my end
with both type 1 HDMI and type 2 HDMI adaptors.
I'm thinking we want a cc:stable on this? I can slap that on
when pushing if there are no objections?
>
> >
> > .../gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c | 51 +++++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> > index 3ea53bb67d3b..bd61e20770a5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> > @@ -63,23 +63,45 @@
> > ssize_t drm_dp_dual_mode_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
> > u8 offset, void *buffer, size_t size)
> > {
> > + u8 zero = 0;
> > + char *tmpbuf = NULL;
> > + /*
> > + * As sub-addressing is not supported by all adaptors,
> > + * always explicitly read from the start and discard
> > + * any bytes that come before the requested offset.
> > + * This way, no matter whether the adaptor supports it
> > + * or not, we'll end up reading the proper data.
> > + */
> > struct i2c_msg msgs[] = {
> > {
> > .addr = DP_DUAL_MODE_SLAVE_ADDRESS,
> > .flags = 0,
> > .len = 1,
> > - .buf = &offset,
> > + .buf = &zero,
> > },
> > {
> > .addr = DP_DUAL_MODE_SLAVE_ADDRESS,
> > .flags = I2C_M_RD,
> > - .len = size,
> > + .len = size + offset,
> > .buf = buffer,
> > },
> > };
> > int ret;
> >
> > + if (offset) {
> > + tmpbuf = kmalloc(size + offset, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!tmpbuf)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + msgs[1].buf = tmpbuf;
> > + }
> > +
> > ret = i2c_transfer(adapter, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
> > + if (tmpbuf)
> > + memcpy(buffer, tmpbuf + offset, size);
> > +
> > + kfree(tmpbuf);
> > +
> > if (ret < 0)
> > return ret;
> > if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msgs))
> > @@ -208,18 +230,6 @@ enum drm_dp_dual_mode_type drm_dp_dual_mode_detect(const struct drm_device *dev,
> > if (ret)
> > return DRM_DP_DUAL_MODE_UNKNOWN;
> >
> > - /*
> > - * Sigh. Some (maybe all?) type 1 adaptors are broken and ack
> > - * the offset but ignore it, and instead they just always return
> > - * data from the start of the HDMI ID buffer. So for a broken
> > - * type 1 HDMI adaptor a single byte read will always give us
> > - * 0x44, and for a type 1 DVI adaptor it should give 0x00
> > - * (assuming it implements any registers). Fortunately neither
> > - * of those values will match the type 2 signature of the
> > - * DP_DUAL_MODE_ADAPTOR_ID register so we can proceed with
> > - * the type 2 adaptor detection safely even in the presence
> > - * of broken type 1 adaptors.
> > - */
> > ret = drm_dp_dual_mode_read(adapter, DP_DUAL_MODE_ADAPTOR_ID,
> > &adaptor_id, sizeof(adaptor_id));
> > drm_dbg_kms(dev, "DP dual mode adaptor ID: %02x (err %zd)\n", adaptor_id, ret);
> > @@ -233,11 +243,10 @@ enum drm_dp_dual_mode_type drm_dp_dual_mode_detect(const struct drm_device *dev,
> > return DRM_DP_DUAL_MODE_TYPE2_DVI;
> > }
> > /*
> > - * If neither a proper type 1 ID nor a broken type 1 adaptor
> > - * as described above, assume type 1, but let the user know
> > - * that we may have misdetected the type.
> > + * If not a proper type 1 ID, still assume type 1, but let
> > + * the user know that we may have misdetected the type.
> > */
> > - if (!is_type1_adaptor(adaptor_id) && adaptor_id != hdmi_id[0])
> > + if (!is_type1_adaptor(adaptor_id))
> > drm_err(dev, "Unexpected DP dual mode adaptor ID %02x\n", adaptor_id);
> >
> > }
> > @@ -343,10 +352,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_dual_mode_get_tmds_output);
> > * @enable: enable (as opposed to disable) the TMDS output buffers
> > *
> > * Set the state of the TMDS output buffers in the adaptor. For
> > - * type2 this is set via the DP_DUAL_MODE_TMDS_OEN register. As
> > - * some type 1 adaptors have problems with registers (see comments
> > - * in drm_dp_dual_mode_detect()) we avoid touching the register,
> > - * making this function a no-op on type 1 adaptors.
> > + * type2 this is set via the DP_DUAL_MODE_TMDS_OEN register.
> > + * Type1 adaptors do not support any register writes.
> > *
> > * Returns:
> > * 0 on success, negative error code on failure
> > --
> > 2.35.1
>
> --
> Ville Syrjälä
> Intel
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Ville Syrjälä
Intel
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