Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/msm/dp: Delete the old 500 ms wait for eDP HPD in aux transfer

From: Doug Anderson
Date: Tue Mar 19 2024 - 14:16:15 EST


Hi,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:27 AM Dmitry Baryshkov
<dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 19:13, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/18/2024 5:55 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 02:19, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> +bjorn, johan as fyi for sc8280xp
> > >>
> > >> On 3/15/2024 2:36 PM, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > >>> Before the introduction of the wait_hpd_asserted() callback in commit
> > >>> 841d742f094e ("drm/dp: Add wait_hpd_asserted() callback to struct
> > >>> drm_dp_aux") the API between panel drivers and DP AUX bus drivers was
> > >>> that it was up to the AUX bus driver to wait for HPD in the transfer()
> > >>> function.
> > >>>
> > >>> Now wait_hpd_asserted() has been added. The two panel drivers that are
> > >>> DP AUX endpoints use it. See commit 2327b13d6c47 ("drm/panel-edp: Take
> > >>> advantage of wait_hpd_asserted() in struct drm_dp_aux") and commit
> > >>> 3b5765df375c ("drm/panel: atna33xc20: Take advantage of
> > >>> wait_hpd_asserted() in struct drm_dp_aux"). We've implemented
> > >>> wait_hpd_asserted() in the MSM DP driver as of commit e2969ee30252
> > >>> ("drm/msm/dp: move of_dp_aux_populate_bus() to eDP probe()"). There is
> > >>> no longer any reason for long wait in the AUX transfer() function.
> > >>> Remove it.
> > >>>
> > >>> NOTE: the wait_hpd_asserted() is listed as "optional". That means it's
> > >>> optional for the DP AUX bus to implement. In the case of the MSM DP
> > >>> driver we implement it so we can assume it will be called.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> How do we enforce that for any new edp panels to be used with MSM, the
> > >> panels should atleast invoke wait_hpd_asserted()?
> > >>
> > >> I agree that since MSM implements it, even though its listed as
> > >> optional, we can drop this additional wait. So nothing wrong with this
> > >> patch for current users including sc8280xp, sc7280 and sc7180.
> > >>
> > >> But, does there need to be some documentation that the edp panels not
> > >> using the panel-edp framework should still invoke wait_hpd_asserted()?
> > >>
> > >> Since its marked as optional, what happens if the edp panel driver,
> > >> skips calling wait_hpd_asserted()?
> > >
> > > It is optional for the DP AUX implementations, not for the panel to be called.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I understood that part, but is there anything from the panel side
> > which mandates calling wait_hpd_asserted()?
> >
> > Is this documented somewhere for all edp panels to do:
> >
> > if (aux->wait_hpd_asserted)
> > aux->wait_hpd_asserted(aux, wait_us);
>
> That's obviously not true, e.g. if panel-edp.c handled HPD signal via
> the GPIO pin.
>
> But the documentation explicitly says that the host will be powered up
> automatically, but the caller must ensure that the panel is powered
> on. `It's up to the caller of this code to make sure that the panel is
> powered on if getting an error back is not OK.'

It wouldn't hurt to send out a documentation patch that makes this
more explicit. OK, I sent:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319111432.1.I521dad0693cc24fe4dd14cba0c7048d94f5b6b41@changeid

-Doug