[PATCH 9/9] drm/udl: Support adapters without firmware descriptor

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Tue Apr 1 16:12:19 UTC 2025


Set default limit on the number of pixels for adapters without
vendor firmware descriptor. The devices work as expected, they
just don't provide any description.

If parsing the vendor firmware descriptor fails, the device falls
back to the given default limits. Failing to allocate memory is
still an error.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c
index b5a6b254a2028..2685608af8cec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int udl_parse_vendor_descriptor(struct udl_device *udl)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = &udl->drm;
 	struct usb_device *udev = udl_to_usb_device(udl);
+	bool detected = false;
 	void *buf;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int len;
@@ -84,16 +85,16 @@ static int udl_parse_vendor_descriptor(struct udl_device *udl)
 
 	buf = kzalloc(MAX_VENDOR_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
-		return false;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = usb_get_descriptor(udev, 0x5f, /* vendor specific */
 				 0, buf, MAX_VENDOR_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto unrecognized;
+		goto out;
 	len = ret;
 
 	if (len < 5)
-		goto unrecognized;
+		goto out;
 
 	desc = buf;
 	desc_end = desc + len;
@@ -103,21 +104,20 @@ static int udl_parse_vendor_descriptor(struct udl_device *udl)
 	    (desc[2] != 0x01) ||   /* version (2 bytes) */
 	    (desc[3] != 0x00) ||
 	    (desc[4] != len - 2))  /* length after type */
-		goto unrecognized;
+		goto out;
 	desc += 5;
 
+	detected = true;
+
 	while (desc < desc_end)
 		desc = udl_parse_key_value_pair(udl, desc, desc_end);
 
-	goto success;
-
-unrecognized:
-	/* allow udlfb to load for now even if firmware unrecognized */
-	drm_warn(dev, "Unrecognized vendor firmware descriptor\n");
-
-success:
+out:
+	if (!detected)
+		drm_warn(dev, "Unrecognized vendor firmware descriptor\n");
 	kfree(buf);
-	return true;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -345,11 +345,16 @@ int udl_init(struct udl_device *udl)
 		drm_warn(dev, "buffer sharing not supported"); /* not an error */
 	}
 
-	if (!udl_parse_vendor_descriptor(udl)) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		DRM_ERROR("firmware not recognized. Assume incompatible device\n");
+	/*
+	 * Not all devices provide vendor descriptors with device
+	 * information. Initialize to default values from real-world
+	 * devices. It is just enough memory for FullHD.
+	 */
+	udl->sku_pixel_limit = USL_SKU_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT;
+
+	ret = udl_parse_vendor_descriptor(udl);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err;
-	}
 
 	if (udl_select_std_channel(udl))
 		DRM_ERROR("Selecting channel failed\n");
-- 
2.49.0



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