In response to my patch removing the "wait for HPD" logic at the beginning of the MSM DP transfer() callback [1], we had some debate about what the "This is an optional function" meant in the documentation of the wait_hpd_asserted() callback. Let's clarify. As talked about in the MSM DP patch [1], before wait_hpd_asserted() was introduced there was no great way for panel drivers to wait for HPD in the case that the "built-in" HPD signal was used. Panel drivers could only wait for HPD if a GPIO was used. At the time, we ended up just saying that if we were using the "built-in" HPD signal that DP AUX controllers needed to wait for HPD themselves at the beginning of their transfer() callback. The fact that the wait for HPD at the beginning of transfer() was awkward/problematic was the whole reason wait_hpd_asserted() was added. Let's make it obvious that if a DP AUX controller implements wait_hpd_asserted() that they don't need a loop waiting for HPD at the start of their transfer() function. We'll still allow DP controllers to work the old way but mark it as deprecated. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240315143621.v2.3.I535606f6d4f7e3e5588bb75c55996f61980183cd@changeid Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- I would consider changing the docs to say that implementing wait_hpd_asserted() is actually _required_ for any DP controllers that want to support eDP panels parented on the DP AUX bus. The issue is that one DP controller (tegra/dpaux.c, found by looking for those that include display/drm_dp_aux_bus.h) does populate the DP AUX bus but doesn't implement wait_hpd_asserted(). I'm actually not sure how/if this work on tegra since I also don't see any delay loop for HPD in tegra's transfer() callback. For now, I've left wait_hpd_asserted() as optional and described the old/deprecated way things used to work before wait_hpd_asserted(). include/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h index a62fcd051d4d..b170efa1f5d2 100644 --- a/include/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h +++ b/include/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h @@ -422,7 +422,13 @@ struct drm_dp_aux { * @wait_hpd_asserted: wait for HPD to be asserted * * This is mainly useful for eDP panels drivers to wait for an eDP - * panel to finish powering on. This is an optional function. + * panel to finish powering on. It is optional for DP AUX controllers + * to implement this function but required for DP AUX endpoints (panel + * drivers) to call it after powering up but before doing AUX transfers. + * If a DP AUX controller does not implement this function then it + * may still support eDP panels that use the AUX controller's built-in + * HPD signal by implementing a long wait for HPD in the transfer() + * callback, though this is deprecated. * * This function will efficiently wait for the HPD signal to be * asserted. The `wait_us` parameter that is passed in says that we -- 2.44.0.291.gc1ea87d7ee-goog
