[PATCH] drm/i915: fix up readout of the lvds dither bit on gen2/3

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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:35:40PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> It's in the PFIT_CONTROL register, but very much associated with the
> lvds encoder. So move the readout for it (in the case of an otherwise
> disabled pfit) from the pipe to the lvds encoder's get_config
> function.
> 
> Otherwise we get a pipe state mismatch if we use pipe B for a non-lvds
> output and we've left the dither bit enabled behind us. This can
> happen if the BIOS has set the bit (some seem to unconditionally do
> that, even in the complete absence of an lvds port), but not enabled
> pipe B at boot-up. Then we won't clear the pfit control register since
> we can only touch that if the pfit is associated with our pipe in the
> crtc configuration - we could trample over the pfit state of the other
> pipe otherwise since it's shared. Once pipe B is enabled we notice
> that the 6to8 dither bit is set and complain about the mismatch.
> 
> Note that testing indicates that we don't actually need to set this
> bit when the pfit is disabled, dithering on 18bpp panels seems to work
> regardless. But ripping that code out is not something for a bugfix
> meant for -rc kernels.
> 
> v2: While at it clarify the logic in i9xx_get_pfit_config, spurred by
> comments from Chris on irc.
> 
> v3: Use Chris suggestion to make the control flow in
> i9xx_get_pfit_config easier to understand.
> 
> v4: Kill the extra line, spotted by Chris.
> 
> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen at t-online.de>
> Cc: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen at t-online.de>
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> References: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2013-July/030092.html
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>

Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre


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