[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Ignore OpRegion panel type except on select machines

[Jani Nikula]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016, ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
>
> Turns out
> commit a05628195a0d ("drm/i915: Get panel_type from OpRegion panel
> details") has regressed quite a few machines. So it looks like we
> can't use the panel type from OpRegion on all systems, and yet we
> absolutely must use it on some specific systems.
>
> Despite trying, I was unable to find any automagic way to determine
> if the OpRegion panel type is respectable or not. The only glimmer
> of hope I had was bit 8 in the SCIC response, but that turned out to
> not work either (it was always 0 on both types of systems).
>
> So, to fix the regressions without breaking the machine we know to need
> the OpRegion panel type, let's just add a quirk for this. Only specific
> machines known to require the OpRegion panel type will therefore use
> it. Everyone else will fall bck to the VBT panel type.
>
> The only known machine so far is a "Conrac GmbH IX45GM2". The PCI
> subsystem ID on this machine is just a generic 8086:2a42, so of no use.
> Instead we'll go with a DMI match.
>
> I suspect we can now also revert
> commit aeddda06c1a7 ("drm/i915: Ignore panel type from OpRegion on SKL")
> but let's leave that to a separate patch.
>
> v2: Do the DMI match in the opregion code directly, as dev_priv->quirks
>     gets populated too late
>
> Cc: Rob Kramer <rob at solution-space.com>
> Cc: Martin van Es <martin at mrvanes.com>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange at redhat.com>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied at linux.ie>
> Cc: Marco Krüger <krgsch at gmail.com>
> Cc: Sean Greenslade <sean at seangreenslade.com>
> Cc: Trudy Tective <bertslany at gmail.com>
> Cc: Robin Müller <rm1990 at gmx.de>
> Cc: Alexander Kobel <a-kobel at a-kobel.de>
> Cc: Alexey Shumitsky <alexey.shumitsky at gmail.com>
> Cc: Emil Andersen Lauridsen <mine809 at gmail.com>
> Cc: oceans112 at gmail.com
> Cc: James Hogan <james at albanarts.com>
> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley at HansenPartnership.com>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> References: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2016-August/105545.html
> References: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2016-August/116888.html
> References: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2016-June/098826.html

References: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1473602239-15855-1-git-send-email-adrienverge@gmail.com

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>

> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94825
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97060
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97443
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97363
> Fixes: a05628195a0d ("drm/i915: Get panel_type from OpRegion panel details")
> Tested-by: Marco Krüger <krgsch at gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Alexey Shumitsky <alexey.shumitsky at gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Sean Greenslade <sean at seangreenslade.com>
> Tested-by: Emil Andersen Lauridsen <mine809 at gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Robin Müller <rm1990 at gmx.de>
> Tested-by: oceans112 at gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> index adca262d591a..7acbbbf97833 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> @@ -1047,6 +1047,23 @@ err_out:
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +static int intel_use_opregion_panel_type_callback(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
> +{
> +	DRM_INFO("Using panel type from OpRegion on %s\n", id->ident);
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct dmi_system_id intel_use_opregion_panel_type[] = {
> +	{
> +		.callback = intel_use_opregion_panel_type_callback,
> +		.ident = "Conrac GmbH IX45GM2",
> +		.matches = {DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Conrac GmbH"),
> +			    DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "IX45GM2"),
> +		},
> +	},
> +	{ }
> +};
> +
>  int
>  intel_opregion_get_panel_type(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  {
> @@ -1073,6 +1090,16 @@ intel_opregion_get_panel_type(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * So far we know that some machined must use it, others must not use it.
> +	 * There doesn't seem to be any way to determine which way to go, except
> +	 * via a quirk list :(
> +	 */
> +	if (!dmi_check_system(intel_use_opregion_panel_type)) {
> +		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Ignoring OpRegion panel type (%d)\n", ret - 1);
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * FIXME On Dell XPS 13 9350 the OpRegion panel type (0) gives us
>  	 * low vswing for eDP, whereas the VBT panel type (2) gives us normal
>  	 * vswing instead. Low vswing results in some display flickers, so

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center