[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/dp/mst : Get clock rate from sink's available PBN

Lyude Paul lyude at redhat.com
Thu Mar 19 17:26:32 UTC 2020


On Mon, 2020-03-16 at 13:56 +0000, Lee, Shawn C wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-03-11, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 01:41 +0800, Lee Shawn C wrote:
> > > Driver report physcial bandwidth for max dot clock rate.
> > > It would caused compatibility issue sometimes when physical bandwidth 
> > > exceed MST hub output ability.
> > > 
> > > For example, here is a MST hub with HDMI 1.4 and DP 1.2 output.
> > > And source have DP 1.2 output capability. Connect a HDMI 2.0 display 
> > > then source will retrieve EDID from external monitor.
> > > Driver got max resolution was 4k at 60fps. DP 1.2 can support this 
> > > resolution because it did not surpass max physical bandwidth.
> > > After modeset, source output display data but MST hub can't output 
> > > HDMI properly due to it already over HDMI 1.4 spec.
> > > 
> > > Apply this calculation, source calcualte max dot clock according to 
> > > available PBN. Driver will remove the mode that over current clock 
> > > rate. And external display can works normally.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Cooper Chiou <cooper.chiou at intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Shawn C <shawn.c.lee at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c | 27 
> > > ++++++++++++++++++---
> > >  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
> > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
> > > index 3b066c63816d..eaa440165ad2 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
> > > @@ -550,6 +550,27 @@ static int intel_dp_mst_get_modes(struct 
> > > drm_connector
> > > *connector)
> > >  	return intel_dp_mst_get_ddc_modes(connector);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +static int
> > > +intel_dp_mst_downstream_max_dotclock(struct drm_connector *connector) 
> > > +{
> > > +	struct intel_connector *intel_connector =
> > > to_intel_connector(connector);
> > > +	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = intel_connector->mst_port;
> > > +	struct drm_dp_mst_port *port;
> > > +	u64 clock_rate = 0;
> > > +
> > > +	if (intel_dp->mst_mgr.mst_primary)
> > > +		list_for_each_entry(port, &intel_dp->mst_mgr.mst_primary-
> > > > ports, next)
> > > +			if (port->connector == connector) {
> > > +				clock_rate = ((u64)port->available_pbn * (54 *
> > > 8 * 1000 * 1000)) / (64 * 1006);
> > > +
> > > +				// FIXME: We should used pipe bpp to do this
> > > calculation.
> > > +				//        But can't retrieve bpp setting from
> > > drm_connector.
> > > +				return (int)(clock_rate / 24);
> > > +			}
> > > +
> > > +	return to_i915(connector->dev)->max_dotclk_freq;
> > > +}
> > 
> > Hi! So-there's no need to loop through the ports like this, just use the
> > drm_dp_mst_port struct that's associated with intel_connector->port
> > directly (feel free to change the declaration to `struct drm_dp_mst_port
> > *port` instead of `void *port`, it's not illegal to dereference it anymore
> > I promise!
> > 
> > Additionally - you don't want to use pipe_bpp here at all. My advice is to
> > use the hard-coded bpc we currently have for MST. Once you guys have retry
> > logic to dynamically select the bpc depending on the available bandwidth,
> > I'd move this check over to using the smallest possible BPC reported by
> > the connector's display_info. Remember we're checking if -any- variant of
> > each mode is somehow possible, it's ok and expected for modes to
> > potentially fail at higher BPCs.
> > 
> > Anyway-this looks fine otherwise, but like Ville mentioned available_pbn
> > isn't the thing that we want to be using here. I've got support for using
> > full_pbn instead and that should be pushed sometime today or tommorrow
> > (dealing with some topic branch weirdness with dim right now). This is the
> > patch series,
> > jfyi:
> > 
> > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/74295/
> > 
> > Also-feel free to write a drm helper to do these mode_valid checks for
> > mst, if it's feasible and not overkill
> > 
> 
> Thanks! I will refer the change from patch series you mentioned. Hardcode
> bpc to 24 and use full_pbn instead of available_pbn.
> 
> BTW, this patch series still on specific branch (topic/mst-bw-check-fixes-
> for-airlied) and not merge to drm branch yet.
> It would be better to wait the patches merged into drm branch. After that, I
> can commit new patch to fix issue. Any comment?

jfyi the patch should be upstream now. So feel free to send a new patch (also
make sure to cc me so I can review it!)
> 
> > > +
> > >  static enum drm_mode_status
> > >  intel_dp_mst_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
> > >  			struct drm_display_mode *mode)
> > > @@ -557,8 +578,7 @@ intel_dp_mst_mode_valid(struct drm_connector
> > > *connector,
> > >  	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(connector->dev);
> > >  	struct intel_connector *intel_connector = 
> > > to_intel_connector(connector);
> > >  	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = intel_connector->mst_port;
> > > -	int max_dotclk = to_i915(connector->dev)->max_dotclk_freq;
> > > -	int max_rate, mode_rate, max_lanes, max_link_clock;
> > > +	int max_rate, mode_rate, max_lanes, max_link_clock, max_dotclk;
> > >  
> > >  	if (drm_connector_is_unregistered(connector))
> > >  		return MODE_ERROR;
> > > @@ -572,7 +592,8 @@ intel_dp_mst_mode_valid(struct drm_connector
> > > *connector,
> > >  	max_rate = intel_dp_max_data_rate(max_link_clock, max_lanes);
> > >  	mode_rate = intel_dp_link_required(mode->clock, 18);
> > >  
> > > -	/* TODO - validate mode against available PBN for link */
> > > +	max_dotclk = intel_dp_mst_downstream_max_dotclock(connector);
> > > +
> > >  	if (mode->clock < 10000)
> > >  		return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
> > >  
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > 	Lyude Paul (she/her)
> > 	Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat
> > 
> 
> Best regards,
> Shawn
> 
-- 
Cheers,
	Lyude Paul (she/her)
	Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat



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