[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5] drm/i915: pass ELD to HDMI/DP audio driver

Takashi Iwai tiwai at suse.de
Thu Nov 10 14:41:01 CET 2011


At Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:17:53 +0800,
Wu Fengguang wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 09:01:24PM +0800, Christopher White wrote:
> > On 11/10/11 1:56 PM, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 07:50:11PM +0800, Christopher White wrote:
> > >> On 11/10/11 12:22 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > >>> At Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:53 +0100,
> > >>> Christopher White wrote:
> > >>>> On 11/10/11 9:55 AM, Christopher White wrote:
> > >>>>> On 11/10/11 8:55 AM, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 03:33:50PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Wow I reproduced the bug and got a very interesting dmesg:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> gfx =>           [ 4561.287980] [drm:intel_write_eld], ELD on
> > >>>>>>> [CONNECTOR:12:HDMI-A-2], [ENCODER:11:TMDS-11]
> > >>>>>>> gfx =>           [ 4561.291730] [drm:ironlake_write_eld], ELD on pipe B
> > >>>>>>> gfx =>           [ 4561.293804] [drm:ironlake_write_eld], Audio
> > >>>>>>> directed to unknown port
> > >>>>>>> gfx =>           [ 4561.295273] [drm:ironlake_write_eld],
> > >>>>>>>          alsa =>    [ 4561.295486] HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=6
> > >>>>>>> Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
> > >>>>>>>          alsa =>    [ 4561.295564] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=6
> > >>>>>>> Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
> > >>>>>>> gfx =>           [ 4561.300020] ELD size 13
> > >>>>>>>          alsa =>    [ 4561.300697] HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=6
> > >>>>>>> Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
> > >>>>>>>          alsa =>    [ 4561.303322] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=6
> > >>>>>>> Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
> > >>>>>>>          alsa =>    [ 4561.311120] ALSA hda_eld.c:259 HDMI: Unknown ELD
> > >>>>>>> version 0
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Hey the two parts are interleaved!
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> But still it should work all fine, since the gfx driver does
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>            set ELD_Valid = 0
> > >>>>>>>            write ELD
> > >>>>>>>            set ELD_Valid = 1
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> So the audio driver would read the correct ELD unless the ELD content
> > >>>>>>> and flag writes are somehow _reordered_ underneath. Or the ELD content
> > >>>>>>> writes take some time to take effect?
> > >>>>>> Just confirmed that adding 1s delay can fix it!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> New dmesg is:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> [   48.564923] [drm:drm_crtc_helper_set_mode], [ENCODER:11:TMDS-11]
> > >>>>>> set [MODE:34:]
> > >>>>>> [   48.567481] [drm:intel_hdmi_mode_set], Enabling HDMI audio on pipe B
> > >>>>>> [   48.568975] [drm:intel_write_eld], ELD on [CONNECTOR:12:HDMI-A-2],
> > >>>>>> [ENCODER:11:TMDS-11]
> > >>>>>> [   48.571728] [drm:ironlake_write_eld], ELD on pipe B
> > >>>>>> [   48.572882] [drm:ironlake_write_eld], Audio directed to unknown port
> > >>>>>> [   48.575252] [drm:ironlake_write_eld],
> > >>>>>> [   48.575400] HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=6 Presence_Detect=1
> > >>>>>> ELD_Valid=0
> > >>>>>> [   48.575487] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=6 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
> > >>>>>> [   48.580116] ELD size 13
> > >>>>>> [   48.580795] HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=6 Presence_Detect=1
> > >>>>>> ELD_Valid=1
> > >>>>>> [   48.583340] HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=6 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
> > >>>>>> [   48.632514] [drm:intel_wait_for_vblank], vblank wait timed out
> > >>>>>> [   48.685322] [drm:intel_wait_for_vblank], vblank wait timed out
> > >>>>>> [   48.687438] [drm:ironlake_update_wm], FIFO watermarks For pipe A -
> > >>>>>> plane 5, cursor: 6
> > >>>>>> [   48.687438] [drm:ironlake_update_wm], FIFO watermarks For pipe A -
> > >>>>>> plane 5, cursor: 6
> > >>>>>> [   48.690106] [drm:ironlake_update_wm], FIFO watermarks For pipe B -
> > >>>>>> plane 42, cursor: 6
> > >>>>>> [   48.745204] [drm:intel_wait_for_vblank], vblank wait timed out
> > >>>>>> [   48.798035] [drm:intel_wait_for_vblank], vblank wait timed out
> > >>>>>> [   48.799633] [drm:ironlake_fdi_link_train], FDI_RX_IIR 0x100
> > >>>>>> [   48.802686] [drm:ironlake_fdi_link_train], FDI train 1 done.
> > >>>>>> [   48.805103] [drm:ironlake_fdi_link_train], FDI_RX_IIR 0x600
> > >>>>>> [   48.807246] [drm:ironlake_fdi_link_train], FDI train 2 done.
> > >>>>>> [   48.809426] [drm:ironlake_fdi_link_train], FDI train done
> > >>>>>> [   48.813960] [drm:intel_update_fbc],
> > >>>>>> [   48.814782] [drm:drm_crtc_helper_set_config], Setting connector
> > >>>>>> DPMS state to on
> > >>>>>> [   48.818093] [drm:drm_crtc_helper_set_config],
> > >>>>>> [CONNECTOR:12:HDMI-A-2] set DPMS on
> > >>>>>> [   48.828633] [drm:intel_prepare_page_flip], preparing flip with no
> > >>>>>> unpin work?
> > >>>>>> [   49.618962] HDMI: detected monitor RX-V1800 at connection type HDMI
> > >>>>>> [   49.621013] HDMI: available speakers: FL/FR LFE FC RL/RR RC RLC/RRC
> > >>>>>> [   49.622304] HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 2, rates =
> > >>>>>> 32000 44100 48000 96000 176400 192000 384000, bits = 16 20 24
> > >>>>>> [   49.625069] HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 8, rates =
> > >>>>>> 32000 44100 48000 96000 176400 192000 384000, bits = 16 20 24
> > >>>>>> [   49.628535] HDMI: supports coding type AC-3: channels = 6, rates =
> > >>>>>> 32000 44100 48000, max bitrate = 640000
> > >>>>>> [   49.630810] HDMI: supports coding type DTS: channels = 7, rates =
> > >>>>>> 32000 44100 48000 96000 176400, max bitrate = 1536000
> > >>>>>> [   49.633148] HDMI: supports coding type DSD (One Bit Audio):
> > >>>>>> channels = 6, rates = 44100
> > >>>>>> [   49.635039] HDMI: supports coding type E-AC-3/DD+ (Dolby Digital
> > >>>>>> Plus): channels = 8, rates = 44100 48000
> > >>>>>> [   49.637130] HDMI: supports coding type MLP (Dolby TrueHD):
> > >>>>>> channels = 8, rates = 48000 176400 384000
> > >>>>>> [   49.639172] HDMI: supports coding type DTS-HD: channels = 8, rates
> > >>>>>> = 48000 176400 384000
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Thanks,
> > >>>>>> Fengguang
> > >>>>> Wow, you were able to reproduce it! That's the best news ever. I will
> > >>>>> be applying this patch and rebuilding now to see what happens. So it
> > >>>>> was some sort of timing issue after all.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Expect me to reply within 1h, but rebuild takes some time.
> > >>>> I still had the old build directory and only had to rebuild one module
> > >>>> which only took 5 minutes. The rest of the delay was me doing an hour of
> > >>>> tests as well as being on a 45 minute phone call. Anyway, now the result:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Success!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> So we know it's a timing issue somewhere. Wow, real progress and near a
> > >>>> solution. Finally! The big question now is what causes the audio driver
> > >>>> to read the ELD while it is empty, and why the 1 second delay fixes it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Look at speakertest.txt here. It's beautiful. ;-) Playing digital
> > >>>> multichannel sound over the HDMI PCH bus, and I can hear every channel
> > >>>> in their proper location on my speaker system. It's beautiful. I've
> > >>>> waited for this moment since building this Linux HTPC back in April. ;-)
> > >>>> (I'm an astonishingly patient man hehe).
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Now as for why we needed a 1 second delay, any ideas? Could it be that
> > >>>> the audio driver was reading the ELD while it wasn't written to the
> > >>>> register yet?
> > >>> Maybe not necessarily 1 second.  It could do some loop with a small
> > >>> delay until it reads zero-size?  Or if it really can take long time
> > >>> like 1 second, it'd be better to be a work to self-reschdule to do in
> > >>> background, as it's called at the probing time and at each unsol
> > >>> event.  Since radeon sends really zero-byte ELD when a DVI monitor
> > >>> without audio is connected, stalling one second there is no good
> > >>> choice.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hopefully this delay would fix the zero-size problem we are currently
> > >>> working around in an ugly way (the comment mentions about ASUS P5E-VM
> > >>> HDMI board), too.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> Takashi
> > >> Well yes obviously the 1 second delay is a temporary workaround until
> > >> the real cause is found.
> > > Yes it's a quick hack to confirm the idea. The initial try is 100ms
> > > delay but it's not working. So I took a big jump ;-)
> > >
> > > I'll experiment with smaller values.
> > >
> > >> Something like what you suggested should be the
> > >> final fix; a real loop that proceeds only when the data is ready (with a
> > >> 1 second or so maximum loop time, to avoid infinite loop if data never
> > >> becomes ready).
> > > I definitely would like to know the root cause.  Does it simply need
> > > some time to take effect, or have some explicit "ready to go" condition?
> > >
> > > It looks ridiculous the hardware provided "ELD valid" flag does not
> > > guarantee the availability of new ELD content.
> > >
> > > The more confusing thing is, why it reads 0 at all? The i915 ELD code
> > > will never reset or write zeros to the hardware ELD buffer.
> > >
> > > So maybe the hardware is in some state that is unable to provide the
> > > real ELD content?
> > That's my guess as well. I think the hardware may still be doing some 
> > form of data negotiation with the HDMI display device at that stage, and 
> > doesn't have the copy of the EDID+ELD buffer until a tiny bit later. 
> > Possibly?
> 
> Look at the below dmesg. The ELD seem to available immediately after the DPMS
> state setting..

Interesting.  Does HDMI audio work at all while HDMI DPMS off?
It clears SDVO_ENABLE bit, so this might turn off both video and
audio?


Takashi



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