[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: add support for specifying DMC firmware override by module param

[Joonas Lahtinen]

On Tue, 2017-11-21 at 23:54 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, David Weinehall <david.weinehall at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 01:51:29PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > > Use i915.dmc_firmware_path to override default firmware for the platform
> > > and bypassing version checks.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > Untested.
> > 
> > Yeah, it kind of shows.  It fails to compile :D
> 
> Oops. I was anxious to get the patch on the list in the heat of IRC
> discussion, and just added the disclaimer instead of doing this
> properly... *blush*
> 
> > 
> > But if you chuck in:
> > 
> >         param(char *, dmc_firmware_path, NULL) \

I think I already raised my suggestion earlier, but here it goes again.
Maybe we should consider consolidating these into:

i915.firmware=guc:whatever.bin i915.firmware=dmc:whatever.bin

Then something like "i915.firmware=guc:disable" could be supported,
too.

Regards, Joonas

> > 
> > in i915_params.h
> > 
> > Things work correctly and you can use:
> > 
> > Tested-by: David Weinehall <david.weinehall at linux.intel.com>
> > Reviewed-by: David Weinehall <david.weinehall at linux.intel.com>
> 
> Thanks. But let's wait for more input on whether this is really what
> people want. Perhaps this is useful *regardless* of the outcome of the
> other discussions.
> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c | 3 +++
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c   | 9 +++++++--
> > >  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > > index 3328147b4863..c11ad6d67fa9 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > > @@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(guc_firmware_path, charp, 0400,
> > >  i915_param_named_unsafe(huc_firmware_path, charp, 0400,
> > >  	"HuC firmware path to use instead of the default one");
> > >  
> > > +i915_param_named_unsafe(dmc_firmware_path, charp, 0400,
> > > +	"DMC firmware path to use instead of the default one");
> > > +
> > >  i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_dp_mst, bool, 0600,
> > >  	"Enable multi-stream transport (MST) for new DisplayPort sinks. (default: true)");
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> > > index 77d8b3d483ca..82db376ec7e1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
> > > @@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ static uint32_t *parse_csr_fw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> > >  
> > >  	csr->version = css_header->version;
> > >  
> > > -	if (IS_CANNONLAKE(dev_priv)) {
> > > +	if (csr->fw_path == i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path) {
> > > +		/* Bypass version check for firmware override. */
> > > +		required_version = csr->version;
> > > +	} else if (IS_CANNONLAKE(dev_priv)) {
> > >  		required_version = CNL_CSR_VERSION_REQUIRED;
> > >  	} else if (IS_GEMINILAKE(dev_priv)) {
> > >  		required_version = GLK_CSR_VERSION_REQUIRED;
> > > @@ -451,7 +454,9 @@ void intel_csr_ucode_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> > >  	if (!HAS_CSR(dev_priv))
> > >  		return;
> > >  
> > > -	if (IS_CANNONLAKE(dev_priv))
> > > +	if (i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path)
> > > +		csr->fw_path = i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path;
> > > +	else if (IS_CANNONLAKE(dev_priv))
> > >  		csr->fw_path = I915_CSR_CNL;
> > >  	else if (IS_GEMINILAKE(dev_priv))
> > >  		csr->fw_path = I915_CSR_GLK;
> > > -- 
> > > 2.11.0
> > > 
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> 
> 
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation