[Intel-gfx] [RFC Patch 0/3] DRM/I915: Use the child device array to decide whether the given HDMI/DP should be initialzied

[Jesse Barnes]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:59:47 +0800
ykzhao <yakui.zhao at intel.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 10:55 +0800, Zhao, Yakui wrote:
> > From: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao at intel.com>
> > 
> > On some boxes(for example: the laptops based on G4X platform) there
> > is no HDMI/DP output port. But the corresponding HDMI/DP output
> > will be initialized and there status is disconnected. It is
> > confusing. This patch set uses the child devices parsed from VBT to
> > decide whether the given HDMI/DP should be initialized.
> > If the given HDMI/DP can't be found in the child device array, it
> > won't be initialized.
> > 
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22785
> > 
> > I also test this patch set on several boxes based on G4x platform.
> > And it can work well.
> Hi, Eric/Jesse
>     How about this patch set?
>     On the boxes based on G4X platform there is no HDMI/DP output
> port. But the HDMI/DP output port will be initialized. In such case
> the xrandr will report too many output devices whose status is
> disconnected.  Some users will be confusing.
>     How about using the child device parsed from VBT to decide whether
> the given HDMI/DP should be initialized?
>    
> Any comments are appreciated.

Overall I like the patchset.  I'll reply to each one with comments
(just cleanup suggestions mostly afaict).

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center