[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: remove pixel doubled HDMI modes from valid modes list

[Clint Taylor]

On 08/11/2014 11:59 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:39:24AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:33:02PM -0700, clinton.a.taylor at intel.com wrote:
>>> From: Clint Taylor <clinton.a.taylor at intel.com>
>>>
>>> Intel HDMI does not correctly configure pixel replicated HDMI modes
>>> 480i and 576i. Remove support for these modes until DRM has been
>>> changed to correctly identify SD interlaced modes by reporting there
>>> true horizontal resolution 720 instead of the pre-pixel doubled 1440.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Clint Taylor <clinton.a.taylor at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c |    3 +++
>>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
>>> index 5f47d35..ab32523 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
>>> @@ -873,6 +873,9 @@ intel_hdmi_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
>>>   	if (mode->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_DBLSCAN)
>>>   		return MODE_NO_DBLESCAN;
>>>
>>
>> If it is just a workaround for a drm bug. You need a big comment
>> explaining why you w/a rather than pressing for the bug fix.
>
> Well there's a very small chance I'll take this anyway - if the drm core
> is broken we need to take out the mode from the drm core, not here.
> -Daniel
>
Agreed this is not the correct solution to fix the issue. Advertising 
that we support bad geometry is also incorrect.

Clint