Re: [PATCH v2] drm/display: Don't assume dual mode adaptors support i2c sub-addressing

From: Ville Syrjälä
Date: Thu Oct 06 2022 - 11:11:48 EST


On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 11:33:14AM +0200, Simon Rettberg wrote:
> Current dual mode adaptor ("DP++") detection code assumes that all
> adaptors support i2c sub-addressing for read operations from the
> DP-HDMI adaptor ID buffer. It has been observed that multiple
> adaptors do not in fact support this, and always return data starting
> at register 0. On affected adaptors, the code fails to read the proper
> registers that would identify the device as a type 2 adaptor, and
> handles those as type 1, limiting the TMDS clock to 165MHz, even if
> the according register would announce a higher TMDS clock.
> Fix this by always reading the ID buffer starting from offset 0, and
> discarding any bytes before the actual offset of interest.
>
> We tried finding authoritative documentation on whether or not this is
> allowed behaviour, but since all the official VESA docs are paywalled,
> the best we could come up with was the spec sheet for Texas Instruments'
> SNx5DP149 chip family.[1] It explicitly mentions that sub-addressing is
> supported for register writes, but *not* for reads (See NOTE in
> section 8.5.3). Unless TI openly decided to violate the VESA spec, one
> could take that as a hint that sub-addressing is in fact not mandated
> by VESA.
> The other two adaptors affected used the PS8409(A) and the LT8611,
> according to the data returned from their ID buffers.
>
> [1] https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn75dp149.pdf
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Rettberg <simon.rettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Rafael Gieschke <rafael.gieschke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> v2 changes form last submission's feedback (thanks for taking the time):
> - Added a shortened version of our "background story" to the commit message
> - Only use tmpbuf if the read offset is != 0

Bounced to intel-gfx to get the i915 CI to check it...

>
> .../gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c | 51 +++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> index 3ea53bb67d3b..bd61e20770a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_dual_mode_helper.c
> @@ -63,23 +63,45 @@
> ssize_t drm_dp_dual_mode_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
> u8 offset, void *buffer, size_t size)
> {
> + u8 zero = 0;
> + char *tmpbuf = NULL;
> + /*
> + * As sub-addressing is not supported by all adaptors,
> + * always explicitly read from the start and discard
> + * any bytes that come before the requested offset.
> + * This way, no matter whether the adaptor supports it
> + * or not, we'll end up reading the proper data.
> + */
> struct i2c_msg msgs[] = {
> {
> .addr = DP_DUAL_MODE_SLAVE_ADDRESS,
> .flags = 0,
> .len = 1,
> - .buf = &offset,
> + .buf = &zero,
> },
> {
> .addr = DP_DUAL_MODE_SLAVE_ADDRESS,
> .flags = I2C_M_RD,
> - .len = size,
> + .len = size + offset,
> .buf = buffer,
> },
> };
> int ret;
>
> + if (offset) {
> + tmpbuf = kmalloc(size + offset, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!tmpbuf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + msgs[1].buf = tmpbuf;
> + }
> +
> ret = i2c_transfer(adapter, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
> + if (tmpbuf)
> + memcpy(buffer, tmpbuf + offset, size);
> +
> + kfree(tmpbuf);
> +
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msgs))
> @@ -208,18 +230,6 @@ enum drm_dp_dual_mode_type drm_dp_dual_mode_detect(const struct drm_device *dev,
> if (ret)
> return DRM_DP_DUAL_MODE_UNKNOWN;
>
> - /*
> - * Sigh. Some (maybe all?) type 1 adaptors are broken and ack
> - * the offset but ignore it, and instead they just always return
> - * data from the start of the HDMI ID buffer. So for a broken
> - * type 1 HDMI adaptor a single byte read will always give us
> - * 0x44, and for a type 1 DVI adaptor it should give 0x00
> - * (assuming it implements any registers). Fortunately neither
> - * of those values will match the type 2 signature of the
> - * DP_DUAL_MODE_ADAPTOR_ID register so we can proceed with
> - * the type 2 adaptor detection safely even in the presence
> - * of broken type 1 adaptors.
> - */
> ret = drm_dp_dual_mode_read(adapter, DP_DUAL_MODE_ADAPTOR_ID,
> &adaptor_id, sizeof(adaptor_id));
> drm_dbg_kms(dev, "DP dual mode adaptor ID: %02x (err %zd)\n", adaptor_id, ret);
> @@ -233,11 +243,10 @@ enum drm_dp_dual_mode_type drm_dp_dual_mode_detect(const struct drm_device *dev,
> return DRM_DP_DUAL_MODE_TYPE2_DVI;
> }
> /*
> - * If neither a proper type 1 ID nor a broken type 1 adaptor
> - * as described above, assume type 1, but let the user know
> - * that we may have misdetected the type.
> + * If not a proper type 1 ID, still assume type 1, but let
> + * the user know that we may have misdetected the type.
> */
> - if (!is_type1_adaptor(adaptor_id) && adaptor_id != hdmi_id[0])
> + if (!is_type1_adaptor(adaptor_id))
> drm_err(dev, "Unexpected DP dual mode adaptor ID %02x\n", adaptor_id);
>
> }
> @@ -343,10 +352,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_dual_mode_get_tmds_output);
> * @enable: enable (as opposed to disable) the TMDS output buffers
> *
> * Set the state of the TMDS output buffers in the adaptor. For
> - * type2 this is set via the DP_DUAL_MODE_TMDS_OEN register. As
> - * some type 1 adaptors have problems with registers (see comments
> - * in drm_dp_dual_mode_detect()) we avoid touching the register,
> - * making this function a no-op on type 1 adaptors.
> + * type2 this is set via the DP_DUAL_MODE_TMDS_OEN register.
> + * Type1 adaptors do not support any register writes.
> *
> * Returns:
> * 0 on success, negative error code on failure
> --
> 2.35.1

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Ville Syrjälä
Intel