[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Ignore "digital output" and "not HDMI output" bits for eDP detection

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Wed Sep 23 08:00:03 PDT 2015


On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 05:08:15PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> >
> > Ignore DEVICE_TYPE_NOT_HDMI_OUTPUT and DEVICE_TYPE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT when
> > trying to determine the presence of eDP based on the VBT child device
> > type. Apparently a significant portion of VLV systems have these bits
> > set incorrectly, and so we currently fail to detect eDP on said systems.
> >
> > This is based on an earlier patch [1] from Andreas Lampersperger.
> > Instead of ignoring the bits just on VLV as was done in the orignal
> > patch, we now ignore them for all platforms. We should still have
> > enough bits in there to avoid false positives (unless the VBT is totally
> > bonkers).
> >
> > Quoting the orignal patch:
> >> When the i915.ko identify an eDP output on a valleyview
> >> board, it should be more slackly. The reason for that is,
> >> that BIOS DATA TABLES generated with intel BMP (Binary
> >> Modification Program) do not set bits for NOT_HDMI or
> >> DIGITAL_OUTPUT on the device type. Due to Adolfo
> >> Sanchez from Intel EMGD, this is not possible.
> >> To solve this problem and enable i915.ko on embedded
> >> vlv boards with eDP, we ignore this two bits.
> >
> > [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2015-June/069416.html
> >
> > Cc: Andreas Lampersperger <lampersperger.andreas at heidenhain.de>
> > Cc: "Sanchez, AdolfoX" <adolfox.sanchez at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> 
> Only testing will tell for sure.
> 
> Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>

Both applied to dinq, thanks.
-Daniel

> 
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> > index 1b7417e..7ec8c9a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> > @@ -741,7 +741,6 @@ int intel_parse_bios(struct drm_device *dev);
> >   */
> >  #define DEVICE_TYPE_eDP_BITS \
> >  	(DEVICE_TYPE_INTERNAL_CONNECTOR | \
> > -	 DEVICE_TYPE_NOT_HDMI_OUTPUT | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_MIPI_OUTPUT | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_COMPOSITE_OUTPUT | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_DUAL_CHANNEL | \
> > @@ -749,7 +748,6 @@ int intel_parse_bios(struct drm_device *dev);
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_TMDS_DVI_SIGNALING | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_VIDEO_SIGNALING | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_DISPLAYPORT_OUTPUT | \
> > -	 DEVICE_TYPE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT | \
> >  	 DEVICE_TYPE_ANALOG_OUTPUT)
> >  
> >  /* define the DVO port for HDMI output type */
> > -- 
> > 2.4.6
> >
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> -- 
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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