[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Set edid from init and not from detect

[Jindal, Sonika]

On 7/13/2015 5:10 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 04:19:15PM +0530, Sonika Jindal wrote:
>> During init_connector set the edid, then edid will be set/unset only during
>> hotplug. For the sake of older platforms where HPD is not stable, let edid
>> read happen from detect as well only if it is forced to do so.
>>
>> v2: Removing the 'force' check, instead let detect call read the edid for
>> platforms older than gen 7 (Shashank)
>
> That's enough worse. We now have a random gen check with no rationale
> for why you suddenly believe all manufacturers have fixed their wiring.
> There is no reason to believe that gen7 suddenly works is there? If
> there is, why don't you mention it?
> -Chris
>
This gen7 check is to be on the safer side not to affect older paltforms.
For CHV/VLV, already the live status check is stable enough to determine 
if we can read edid or not. In VPG production branches we have this 
patch already available and it was tested with variety of monitors 
extensively. So we now read the edid only during init and during hotplug.
For SKL, the "[PATCH] drm/i915: Handle HPD when it has actually 
occurred" patch makes HPD stable enough.
So, we can rely on the edid read from init_connector instead of reading 
edid on every detect call.

Regards,
Sonika