Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Ignore "digital output" and "not HDMI output" bits for eDP detection

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On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ignore DEVICE_TYPE_NOT_HDMI_OUTPUT and DEVICE_TYPE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT when
> trying to determine the presence of eDP based on the VBT child device
> type. Apparently a significant portion of VLV systems have these bits
> set incorrectly, and so we currently fail to detect eDP on said systems.
>
> This is based on an earlier patch [1] from Andreas Lampersperger.
> Instead of ignoring the bits just on VLV as was done in the orignal
> patch, we now ignore them for all platforms. We should still have
> enough bits in there to avoid false positives (unless the VBT is totally
> bonkers).
>
> Quoting the orignal patch:
>> When the i915.ko identify an eDP output on a valleyview
>> board, it should be more slackly. The reason for that is,
>> that BIOS DATA TABLES generated with intel BMP (Binary
>> Modification Program) do not set bits for NOT_HDMI or
>> DIGITAL_OUTPUT on the device type. Due to Adolfo
>> Sanchez from Intel EMGD, this is not possible.
>> To solve this problem and enable i915.ko on embedded
>> vlv boards with eDP, we ignore this two bits.
>
> [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2015-June/069416.html
>
> Cc: Andreas Lampersperger <lampersperger.andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Sanchez, AdolfoX" <adolfox.sanchez@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Only testing will tell for sure.

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> index 1b7417e..7ec8c9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.h
> @@ -741,7 +741,6 @@ int intel_parse_bios(struct drm_device *dev);
>   */
>  #define DEVICE_TYPE_eDP_BITS \
>  	(DEVICE_TYPE_INTERNAL_CONNECTOR | \
> -	 DEVICE_TYPE_NOT_HDMI_OUTPUT | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_MIPI_OUTPUT | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_COMPOSITE_OUTPUT | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_DUAL_CHANNEL | \
> @@ -749,7 +748,6 @@ int intel_parse_bios(struct drm_device *dev);
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_TMDS_DVI_SIGNALING | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_VIDEO_SIGNALING | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_DISPLAYPORT_OUTPUT | \
> -	 DEVICE_TYPE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT | \
>  	 DEVICE_TYPE_ANALOG_OUTPUT)
>  
>  /* define the DVO port for HDMI output type */
> -- 
> 2.4.6
>
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