Re: [PATCH v2] virtio-gpu: add VIRTIO_GPU_F_EDID feature

From: Christophe de Dinechin
Date: Fri Oct 05 2018 - 11:33:58 EST




> On 5 Oct 2018, at 16:41, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 04:38:11PM +0200, Christophe de Dinechin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 5 Oct 2018, at 14:51, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> The feature allows the guest request an EDID blob (describing monitor
>>> capabilities) for a given scanout (aka virtual monitor connector).
>>>
>>> It brings a new command message, which has just a scanout field (beside
>>> the standard virtio-gpu header) and a response message which carries the
>>> EDID data.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
>>> index f43c3c6171..1cef1ff339 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
>>> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>>> #include <linux/types.h>
>>>
>>> #define VIRTIO_GPU_F_VIRGL 0
>>> +#define VIRTIO_GPU_F_EDID 1
>>>
>>> enum virtio_gpu_ctrl_type {
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_UNDEFINED = 0,
>>> @@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ enum virtio_gpu_ctrl_type {
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_DETACH_BACKING,
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO,
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET,
>>> + VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_EDID,
>>>
>>> /* 3d commands */
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_CTX_CREATE = 0x0200,
>>> @@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ enum virtio_gpu_ctrl_type {
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_DISPLAY_INFO,
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_CAPSET_INFO,
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_CAPSET,
>>> + VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_EDID,
>>>
>>> /* error responses */
>>> VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC = 0x1200,
>>> @@ -291,6 +294,20 @@ struct virtio_gpu_resp_capset {
>>> __u8 capset_data[];
>>> };
>>>
>>> +/* VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_EDID */
>>> +struct virtio_gpu_get_edid {
>>> + struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_hdr hdr;
>>> + __le32 scanout;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +/* VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_EDID */
>>> +struct virtio_gpu_resp_edid {
>>> + struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_hdr hdr;
>>> + __le32 scanout;
>>> + __le32 size;
>>> + __u8 edid[1024];
>>
>> Wouldnât it be enough to stick to EDID 2.0 (256 bytes)?
>>
>> If not, maybe add comment to explain why you chose 1024.
>
> EDID in the wild can be up to 512 bytes.

Does this return a physical EDID? I thought it would be made-up by virtio-gpu.

Thanks,
Christophe

>
>>
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> #define VIRTIO_GPU_EVENT_DISPLAY (1 << 0)
>>>
>>> struct virtio_gpu_config {
>>> --
>>> 2.9.3
>>>
>>
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> Daniel Vetter
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