On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:23:32PM +0000, Mika Kahola wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 12:55 -0700, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:19:12PM +0000, Manasi Navare wrote:
> > >
> > > The patch looks good for eDP link training optimizations.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I haven't merged this patch yet because I'd like an Ack from Jani.
> >
> > Also I'd like to hear from Mika if he believes it is safe or not.
> >
> > On his revert commit he wrote:
> > "It has been found out that in some HW combination the DisplayPort
> > fast link training feature caused screen flickering. Let's revert
> > this feature for now until we can ensure that the feature works for
> > all platforms."
> At the time of this revert there were quite a few bug reports of
> flickering. The community felt that this "fast link training" was to
> blame for flickering issues and therefore we decided to revert that.
> However, it turned out later on that this revert didn't solve the
> flickering issues. Flickering was gone once watermark work landed.
I know this feeling... like PSR blamed for VGA flickers hehe
>
> Therefore, I feel that this feature is safe to re-enable.
Jani, Ack?
>
> >
> > I don't want to merge this patch to fix a feature that is disabled
> > by default with the risk of bringing flickerings back.
> >
> > But even if we decide to go ahead and merge I believe we need to
> > resend the test and collect a full round of CI that now runs
> > all IGT tests.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rodrigo.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Manasi
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:34:46AM -0700, Jim Bride wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This set of changes has some history to them. There were several
> > > > attempts
> > > > to add what was called "fast link training" to i915, which
> > > > actually wasn't
> > > > fast link training as per the DP spec. These changes were:
> > > >
> > > > commit 5fa836a9d859 ("drm/i915: DP link training optimization")
> > > > commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> > > >
> > > > which were eventually hand-reverted by:
> > > >
> > > > commit 34511dce4b35 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link
> > > > training
> > > > feature")
> > > >
> > > > in kernel 4.7-rc4. The eDP pieces of the above revert, however,
> > > > had some
> > > > very bad side-effects on PSR functionality on Skylake. The issue
> > > > at
> > > > hand is that when PSR exits i915 briefly emits TP1 followed by
> > > > TP2/3
> > > > (depending on the original link configuration) in order to
> > > > quickly get
> > > > the source and sink back in synchronization across the link
> > > > before handing
> > > > control back to the i915. There's an assumption that none of the
> > > > link
> > > > configuration information has changed (and thus it's still valid)
> > > > since the
> > > > last full link training operation. The revert above was
> > > > identified via a
> > > > bisect as the cause of some of Skylake's PSR woes. This patch,
> > > > largely
> > > > based on commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training
> > > > optimization")
> > > > puts the eDP portions of this patch back in place. None of the
> > > > flickering
> > > > issues that spurred the revert have been seen, and I suspect the
> > > > real
> > > > culprits here were addressed by some of the recent link training
> > > > changes
> > > > that Manasi has implemented, and PSR on Skylake is definitely
> > > > more happy
> > > > with these changes in-place.
> > > >
> > > > v2 and v3: Rebase
> > > > v4: * Clean up accesses to train_set_valid a bit for easier
> > > > reading. (Chris)
> > > > * Rebase
> > > > v5: * Checkpatch cleanup
> > > > * Rebase
> > > > v6: * is_edp() => intel_dp_is_edp()
> > > > * rebase
> > > > v7: * Remove extraneous is_edp() prototype (Rodrigo)
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Manasi D Navare <manasi.d.navare@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Mika Kahola <mika.kahola@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Fixes: 34511dce4 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link
> > > > training feature")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jim Bride <jim.bride@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c | 2 ++
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c | 15
> > > > ++++++++++++++-
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h | 1 +
> > > > 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > > index e385658..38bc7e0 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > > @@ -4750,6 +4750,7 @@ intel_dp_long_pulse(struct intel_connector
> > > > *intel_connector)
> > > > intel_dp->max_link_rate =
> > > > intel_dp_max_common_rate(intel_dp);
> > > >
> > > > intel_dp->reset_link_params = false;
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > intel_dp_print_rates(intel_dp);
> > > > @@ -6019,6 +6020,7 @@ intel_dp_init_connector(struct
> > > > intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
> > > > intel_dp_set_source_rates(intel_dp);
> > > >
> > > > intel_dp->reset_link_params = true;
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > intel_dp->pps_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> > > > intel_dp->active_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > > index 05907fa..79fe369 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > > @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static bool
> > > > intel_dp_reset_link_train(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
> > > > uint8_t dp_train_pat)
> > > > {
> > > > - memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp-
> > > > >train_set));
> > > > + if (!intel_dp->train_set_valid)
> > > > + memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp-
> > > > >train_set));
> > > > intel_dp_set_signal_levels(intel_dp);
> > > > return intel_dp_set_link_train(intel_dp, dp_train_pat);
> > > > }
> > > > @@ -162,9 +163,18 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct
> > > > intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > > > DP_TRAINING_PATTERN_1 |
> > > > DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABL
> > > > E)) {
> > > > DRM_ERROR("failed to enable link training\n");
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > return false;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * The initial set of link parameters are set by this
> > > > point, so go
> > > > + * ahead and set intel_dp->train_set_valid to false in
> > > > case any of
> > > > + * the succeeding steps fail. It will be set back to
> > > > true if we were
> > > > + * able to achieve clock recovery in the specified
> > > > configuration.
> > > > + */
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > +
> > > > voltage_tries = 1;
> > > > max_vswing_tries = 0;
> > > > for (;;) {
> > > > @@ -179,6 +189,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct
> > > > intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > > >
> > > > if (drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link_status,
> > > > intel_dp->lane_count)) {
> > > > DRM_DEBUG_KMS("clock recovery OK\n");
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid =
> > > > intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp);
> > > > return true;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -256,6 +267,7 @@
> > > > intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp
> > > > *intel_dp)
> > > > training_pattern |
> > > > DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)
> > > > ) {
> > > > DRM_ERROR("failed to start channel
> > > > equalization\n");
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > return false;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -296,6 +308,7 @@
> > > > intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp
> > > > *intel_dp)
> > > > /* Try 5 times, else fail and try at lower BW */
> > > > if (tries == 5) {
> > > > intel_dp_dump_link_status(link_status);
> > > > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > > DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Channel equalization failed 5
> > > > times\n");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > > index 2940d39..f4354ec 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > > @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ struct intel_dp {
> > > > struct drm_dp_aux aux;
> > > > enum intel_display_power_domain aux_power_domain;
> > > > uint8_t train_set[4];
> > > > + bool train_set_valid;
> > > > int panel_power_up_delay;
> > > > int panel_power_down_delay;
> > > > int panel_power_cycle_delay;
> --
> Mika Kahola - Intel OTC
>
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