[PATCH 4/6] drm_hyperv: Remove support for synth video protocol of old Hyper-V hosts
From: Michael Kelley
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 15:13:14 EST
From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
With the overall removal of Linux support for running on Hyper-V
hosts earlier than WS2016 and Windows 10, it's no longer necessary
to support older synthetic video protocols. Remove the support.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c | 33 +++++++----------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
index f0ef627b4898..cea1ea2595cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_proto.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
#define SYNTHVID_VER_GET_MAJOR(ver) (ver & 0x0000ffff)
#define SYNTHVID_VER_GET_MINOR(ver) ((ver & 0xffff0000) >> 16)
-/* Support for VERSION_WIN7 is removed. #define is retained for reference. */
+/* Support for WIN7 and WIN8 is removed. #define's retained for reference. */
#define SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN7 SYNTHVID_VERSION(3, 0)
#define SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN8 SYNTHVID_VERSION(3, 2)
#define SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN10 SYNTHVID_VERSION(3, 5)
@@ -557,23 +557,12 @@ int hv_drm_connect_vsp(struct hv_device *hdev)
return ret;
}
- /* Negotiate the protocol version with host */
- switch (vmbus_proto_version) {
- case VERSION_WIN10:
- case VERSION_WIN10_V5:
- ret = hv_drm_negotiate_version(hdev, SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN10);
- if (!ret)
- break;
- fallthrough;
- case VERSION_WIN8:
- case VERSION_WIN8_1:
- ret = hv_drm_negotiate_version(hdev, SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN8);
- break;
- default:
- ret = hv_drm_negotiate_version(hdev, SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN10);
- break;
- }
-
+ /*
+ * Negotiate the protocol version with host. Since support for hosts
+ * older than WIN10 has been removed from Linux, only negotiate the
+ * WIN10 version.
+ */
+ ret = hv_drm_negotiate_version(hdev, SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN10);
if (ret) {
drm_err(dev, "Synthetic video device version not accepted %d\n", ret);
goto error;
@@ -581,11 +570,9 @@ int hv_drm_connect_vsp(struct hv_device *hdev)
hv->screen_depth = SYNTHVID_DEPTH_WIN8;
- if (hv_drm_version_ge(hv->synthvid_version, SYNTHVID_VERSION_WIN10)) {
- ret = hv_drm_get_supported_resolution(hdev);
- if (ret)
- drm_err(dev, "Failed to get supported resolution from host, use default\n");
- }
+ ret = hv_drm_get_supported_resolution(hdev);
+ if (ret)
+ drm_err(dev, "Failed to get supported resolution from host, use default\n");
if (!hv->screen_width_max) {
hv->screen_width_max = SYNTHVID_WIDTH_WIN8;
--
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