Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Support for HDMI complaince HPD

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> I know. That is orthogonal to the tweaks I was suggesting. Also if you
> feel you need to add details to your rationale, then your changelog is
> incomplete.
> -Chris

Thanks Chris,
Please find my comments inline to your previous mail, with suggestions.

On 8/12/2014 6:17 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 06:08:21PM +0530, shashank.sharma@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Shashank Sharma <shashank.sharma@xxxxxxxxx>

During the HDMI complaince tests, most of the HDMI analyzers
issue a soft HPD, to automate the tests. This process keeps
the HDMI cable connected, and DDC chhanel alive.

HDMI detect() logic relies on EDID readability, to decide if
its a HDMI connect or disconnect event. But in this case, the
EDID is always readable, as HDMI cable is physically connected
and DDC channel is UP, so detect() always reports a HDMI connect
even if its intended to be a HDMI disconnect call.

So if HDMI compliance is enabled, we should rely on the live status
register, than EDID availability. This patch adds:
1. One kernel command line parameter for i915 module, which indicates
    if we want to support HDMI compliance, for this platform.

I would rather have this as an output property. In fact, I would like
the hotplug detection method exposed (and even selectable, but other
than this compliance testing, I can't think of a scenario where the
kernel shouldn't be able to figure things out for itself).
Considering the history of the case, can you please elaborate this suggestion ? I dont think I am getting it right.

2. A new function to read EDID, which gets called only in case of
    HDMI compliance support is required. This function reads EDID only
    if live status register is up. The normal code flow doesn't get effected
    if kernel command line parameter is not enabled.
3. After various experiments on VLV2 board, with various HDMI monitors
    we have seen that, with few monitors, the live status register gets
    set after a slight delay, and then stays reliably. To support such
    monitors, there is a busy-loop added, with a max delay upto 50ms,
    with a status check after every 10ms. Please see the comment in
    intel_hdmi_get_edid.

Wouldn't a tidier solution be to delay the hpd by 50-100ms after the
hotplug interrupt? That may overcome the issue with the live status for
all connectors...
-Chris

There would be few problems in this case:
1. We dont want this scenario to come into picture for DP, as DP HPD
   pulse can be as small as 2ms.
2. Not all the HDMI monitors show this problem, but a significant
   subset of popular monitors do.
3. In HDCP compliance testing, we send a HPD pulse train of UP and
   Down, where down pulse can be as small as 100ms. If we increase the
   delay by 100ms, we will definitely miss the HPD down pulse.
4. The method what we are using is a busy waiting check, where we delay
   the pulse for 50ms, but take a sample of live_status per 10ms, so if
   the live status is up with a delay of 20ms, we needn't to waste
   another 30.
5. We want this code routine only to be executed for commercial (like
   android) platforms, whereas others get the routine code.

@ Danvet: Do you want to add something here ?

Regards
Shashank

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