[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/edp: Do not do link training fallback or prune modes on EDP

[Ville Syrjälä]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 04:19:45PM -0700, Manasi Navare wrote:
> In case of eDP because the panel has a fixed mode, the link rate
> and lane count at which it is trained corresponds to the link BW
> required to support the native resolution of the panel. In case of
> panles with lower resolutions where fewer lanes are hooked up internally,
> that number is reflected in the MAX_LANE_COUNT DPCD register of the panel.
> So it is pointless to fallback to lower link rate/lane count in case
> of link training failure on eDP connector since the lower link BW
> will not support the native resolution of the panel and we cannot
> prune the preferred mode on the eDP connector.
> 
> In case of Link training failure on the eDP panel, something is wrong
> in the HW internally and hence driver errors out with a loud
> and clear DRM_ERROR message.
> 
> Cc: Clinton Taylor <clinton.a.taylor at intel.com>
> Cc: Jim Bride <jim.bride at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> index 05907fa..bcccef1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> @@ -328,14 +328,21 @@ intel_dp_start_link_train(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  	return;
>  
>   failure_handling:
> -	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] Link Training failed at link rate = %d, lane count = %d",
> -		      intel_connector->base.base.id,
> -		      intel_connector->base.name,
> -		      intel_dp->link_rate, intel_dp->lane_count);
> -	if (!intel_dp_get_link_train_fallback_values(intel_dp,
> -						     intel_dp->link_rate,
> -						     intel_dp->lane_count))
> -		/* Schedule a Hotplug Uevent to userspace to start modeset */
> -		schedule_work(&intel_connector->modeset_retry_work);
> +	/* Dont fallback and prune modes if its eDP */
> +	if (!intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp)) {
> +		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] Link Training failed at link rate = %d, lane count = %d",
> +			      intel_connector->base.base.id,
> +			      intel_connector->base.name,
> +			      intel_dp->link_rate, intel_dp->lane_count);
> +		if (!intel_dp_get_link_train_fallback_values(intel_dp,
> +							     intel_dp->link_rate,
> +							     intel_dp->lane_count))
> +			/* Schedule a Hotplug Uevent to userspace to start modeset */
> +			schedule_work(&intel_connector->modeset_retry_work);
> +	} else

{} missing around the else. The conventio is to put {} around every
branch if at least one branch needs them.

> +		DRM_ERROR("eDP [CONNECTOR:%d:%s] Link Training failed at link rate = %d, lane count = %d",
                           ^^^
That's redundant since the connector name will alrady say "eDP-<something>"

Apart from that this seems better than blindly pruning the panel's
native mode. If we ever hit this on real hardware we may have to think
about your other idea of trying to reduce the link params in a way
that doesn't result the loss of the native mode.

With the redundant stuff in the error message dropped and {} added this is
Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>

> +			  intel_connector->base.base.id,
> +			  intel_connector->base.name,
> +			  intel_dp->link_rate, intel_dp->lane_count);
>  	return;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.1.4

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel OTC