Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Print an error if we fallback to panel modes

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Sun Apr 04 2021 - 21:05:46 EST


Hi Doug,

Thank you for the patch.

On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 03:28:45PM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> Now that we can properly read the EDID for modes there should be no
> reason to fallback to the fixed modes that our downstream panel driver
> provides us. Let's make that clear by:
> - Putting an error message in the logs if we fall back.
> - Putting a comment in saying what's going on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> (no changes since v1)
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
> index fb50f9f95b0f..3b61898cf9cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
> @@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ static int ti_sn_bridge_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
> return num;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Ideally this should never happen and we could remove the fallback
> + * but let's preserve old behavior.
> + */
> + DRM_DEV_ERROR(pdata->dev,
> + "Failed to read EDID; falling back to panel modes");
> +
> exit:
> return drm_panel_get_modes(pdata->panel, connector);
> }

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart