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

Sharma, Shashank shashank.sharma at intel.com
Thu Mar 17 15:45:39 UTC 2016


Regards
Shashank

On 3/17/2016 6:34 PM, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 01:29:25PM +0530, Shashank Sharma wrote:
>> 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!");
>> -
>
> As I said before, I think this whole thing could be solved with a simple
> two-liner here:
>
> +	if (...)
> +		live_status = true;
>
Yes I remember, and I replied on that already that why we would like to 
keep the live status check. In fact I would be ok to remove this check 
if you can suggest some other way of making this work for other 
operating systems/sw platforms.
>>   	intel_hdmi_unset_edid(connector);
>>
>>   	if (intel_hdmi_set_edid(connector, live_status)) {
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>


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