[PATCH v2 1/2] drm/i915/dp: Reject HBR3 when sink doesn't support TPS4

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 06 Mar 2025, Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
>
> According to the DP spec TPS4 is mandatory for HBR3. We have
> however seen some broken eDP sinks that violate this and
> declare support for HBR3 without TPS4 support.
>
> At least in the case of the icl Dell XPS 13 7390 this results
> in an unstable output.
>
> Reject HBR3 when TPS4 supports is unavailable on the sink.
>
> v2: Leave breadcrumbs in dmesg to avoid head scratching (Jani)
>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
> Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/issues/5969
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>

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

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> index 205ec315b413..70f5d1465f81 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> @@ -172,10 +172,28 @@ int intel_dp_link_symbol_clock(int rate)
>  
>  static int max_dprx_rate(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  {
> +	struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(intel_dp);
> +	struct intel_encoder *encoder = &dp_to_dig_port(intel_dp)->base;
> +	int max_rate;
> +
>  	if (intel_dp_tunnel_bw_alloc_is_enabled(intel_dp))
> -		return drm_dp_tunnel_max_dprx_rate(intel_dp->tunnel);
> +		max_rate = drm_dp_tunnel_max_dprx_rate(intel_dp->tunnel);
> +	else
> +		max_rate = drm_dp_bw_code_to_link_rate(intel_dp->dpcd[DP_MAX_LINK_RATE]);
>  
> -	return drm_dp_bw_code_to_link_rate(intel_dp->dpcd[DP_MAX_LINK_RATE]);
> +	/*
> +	 * Some broken eDP sinks illegally declare support for
> +	 * HBR3 without TPS4, and are unable to produce a stable
> +	 * output. Reject HBR3 when TPS4 is not available.
> +	 */
> +	if (max_rate >= 810000 && !drm_dp_tps4_supported(intel_dp->dpcd)) {
> +		drm_dbg_kms(display->drm,
> +			    "[ENCODER:%d:%s] Rejecting HBR3 due to missing TPS4 support\n",
> +			    encoder->base.base.id, encoder->base.name);
> +		max_rate = 540000;
> +	}
> +
> +	return max_rate;
>  }
>  
>  static int max_dprx_lane_count(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> @@ -4170,6 +4188,9 @@ static void intel_edp_mso_init(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  static void
>  intel_edp_set_sink_rates(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  {
> +	struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(intel_dp);
> +	struct intel_encoder *encoder = &dp_to_dig_port(intel_dp)->base;
> +
>  	intel_dp->num_sink_rates = 0;
>  
>  	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[0] >= DP_EDP_14) {
> @@ -4180,10 +4201,7 @@ intel_edp_set_sink_rates(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  				 sink_rates, sizeof(sink_rates));
>  
>  		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sink_rates); i++) {
> -			int val = le16_to_cpu(sink_rates[i]);
> -
> -			if (val == 0)
> -				break;
> +			int rate;
>  
>  			/* Value read multiplied by 200kHz gives the per-lane
>  			 * link rate in kHz. The source rates are, however,
> @@ -4191,7 +4209,24 @@ intel_edp_set_sink_rates(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  			 * back to symbols is
>  			 * (val * 200kHz)*(8/10 ch. encoding)*(1/8 bit to Byte)
>  			 */
> -			intel_dp->sink_rates[i] = (val * 200) / 10;
> +			rate = le16_to_cpu(sink_rates[i]) * 200 / 10;
> +
> +			if (rate == 0)
> +				break;
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * Some broken eDP sinks illegally declare support for
> +			 * HBR3 without TPS4, and are unable to produce a stable
> +			 * output. Reject HBR3 when TPS4 is not available.
> +			 */
> +			if (rate >= 810000 && !drm_dp_tps4_supported(intel_dp->dpcd)) {
> +				drm_dbg_kms(display->drm,
> +					    "[ENCODER:%d:%s] Rejecting HBR3 due to missing TPS4 support\n",
> +					    encoder->base.base.id, encoder->base.name);
> +				break;
> +			}
> +
> +			intel_dp->sink_rates[i] = rate;
>  		}
>  		intel_dp->num_sink_rates = i;
>  	}

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel