RE: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 14/19] drm/i915/oprom: Basic sanitization

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, "Gupta, Anshuman" <anshuman.gupta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nikula, Jani <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 1:12 PM
>> To: De Marchi, Lucas <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Auld, Matthew <matthew.auld@xxxxxxxxx>; intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gupta, Anshuman
>> <anshuman.gupta@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 14/19] drm/i915/oprom: Basic sanitization
>> 
>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2021, Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 02:57:33PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> >>On Mon, 12 Apr 2021, Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>> From: Anshuman Gupta <anshuman.gupta@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>
>> >>> Sanitize OPROM header, CPD signature and OPROM PCI version.
>> >>> OPROM_HEADER, EXPANSION_ROM_HEADER and OPROM_MEU_BLOB
>> structures and
>> >>> PCI struct offsets are provided by GSC counterparts.
>> >>> These are yet to be Documented in B.Spec.
>> >>> After successful sanitization, extract VBT from opregion image.
>> >>
>> >>So I don't understand what the point is with two consecutive patches
>> >>where the latter rewrites a lot of the former.
>> >
>> > I actually wonder what's the point of this. Getting it from spi is
>> > already the fallback and looks much more complex. Yes, it's pretty
>> > detailed and document the format pretty well, but it still looks more
>> > complex than the initial code. Do you see additional benefit in this
>> > one?
> Getting opregion image from spi is needed to get the intel_opregion and its mailboxes on discrete card.

I mean what's the point of the "drm/i915/oprom: Basic sanitization"
patch? And if that's needed, then why is it separate from "drm/i915/dg1:
Read OPROM via SPI controller"?

>> The commit message doesn't really explain much. Anshuman?
> I will get rework of the patches and float it again.

Lucas already sent something, please sync with him.

BR,
Jani.


> Thanks,
> Anshuman Gupta.
>> 
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center



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