[Intel-gfx] FW: [PATCH] drm/i915: Restrict usage of live status check

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016, "Sharma, Shashank" <shashank.sharma at intel.com> wrote:
> +intel-gfx

Please repost the patch to intel-gfx, just adding cc: makes the patch
painful to review and apply, and CI won't pick it up.

BR,
Jani.

>
> Regards
> Shashank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharma, Shashank 
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:37 AM
> To: Jindal, Sonika; Vetter, Daniel; ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com; jani.nikula at linux.intel.com
> Cc: Sharma, Shashank
> Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: Restrict usage of live status check
>
> This patch restricts usage of live status check for HDMI detection.
> While testing certain (monitor + cable) combinations with various intel  platforms, it seems that live status register is not reliable on some older devices. So limit the live_status check from VLV onwards.
>
> This fixes a regression introduced in:
> 	commit: 237ed86 "drm/i915: Check live status"
> 	Author: Sonika Jindal <sonika.jindal at intel.com>
> 	Date:   Tue Sep 15 09:44:20 2015 +0530
>
> Signed-off-by: Shashank Sharma <shashank.sharma at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
> index e2dab48..d24d18a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdmi.c
> @@ -1397,7 +1397,8 @@ intel_hdmi_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
>  	enum drm_connector_status status;
>  	struct intel_hdmi *intel_hdmi = intel_attached_hdmi(connector);
>  	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(connector->dev);
> -	bool live_status = false;
> +	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
> +	bool live_status = true;
>  	unsigned int try;
>  
>  	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s]\n",
> @@ -1405,16 +1406,21 @@ intel_hdmi_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
>  
>  	intel_display_power_get(dev_priv, POWER_DOMAIN_GMBUS);
>  
> -	for (try = 0; !live_status && try < 9; try++) {
> -		if (try)
> -			msleep(10);
> -		live_status = intel_digital_port_connected(dev_priv,
> +	/*
> +	* Live status check for HDMI detection is not very
> +	* reliable on older platforms. So insist the live
> +	* status check for EDID read from VLV onwards.
> +	*/
> +	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 7 && !IS_IVYBRIDGE(dev)) {
> +		for (try = 0; !live_status && try < 9; try++) {
> +			if (try)
> +				msleep(10);
> +			live_status = intel_digital_port_connected(dev_priv,
>  				hdmi_to_dig_port(intel_hdmi));
> +		}
> +		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Live status %s\n", live_status ? "up" : "down");
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!live_status)
> -		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Live status not up!");
> -
>  	intel_hdmi_unset_edid(connector);
>  
>  	if (intel_hdmi_set_edid(connector, live_status)) {
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center