[PATCH] drm/msm/dp: don't gate eDP on DP_SINK_COUNT
From: 092vk
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 05:08:20 EST
msm_dp_display_prepare_link(), msm_dp_display_disable(), and
msm_dp_hpd_unplug_handle() all treat dp->link->sink_count == 0 as
"nothing is connected", and in msm_dp_display_prepare_link() this
causes probe/enable to fail outright with -ENOTCONN.
This is correct for external DisplayPort, where a compliant sink is
required to report a valid DP_SINK_COUNT over the AUX channel. It is
not correct for eDP: some eDP sinks -- particularly fixed-format
eDP-to-HDMI bridge chips with no downstream AUX-capable panel
behind them -- never populate DP_SINK_COUNT with a nonzero value,
even while otherwise participating normally in DPCD capability
exchange and link training.
drm_dp_read_sink_count_cap() already accounts for this by excluding
eDP connectors from the sink-count requirement for other DPCD-derived
checks (msm_dp_bridge_detect() takes care). Apply the same exemption
to the raw sink_count reads in this file via a small shared
helper, so eDP outputs with a non-AUX-capable downstream sink are
not treated as permanently disconnected.
Tested on a Qualcomm QCS6490-based board driving a fixed-format
eDP-to-HDMI bridge IC (chrontel,ch7218a) with no negotiable
DPCD-capable panel behind it; without this fix,
msm_dp_display_prepare_link() unconditionally returns -ENOTCONN
and the display never comes up.
Fixes: ca16db3d18cf ("drm/msm/dp: break up dp_display_enable into two parts")
Signed-off-by: 092vk <vk092kumar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index bc646d172abe..9254f080f0ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ static int msm_dp_display_handle_irq_hpd(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp)
return 0;
}
+static inline bool msm_dp_link_no_sink(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp)
+{
+ /* eDP sinks are not required to report a valid sink count */
+ return !dp->msm_dp_display.is_edp && dp->link->sink_count == 0;
+}
+
static int msm_dp_hpd_plug_handle(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp)
{
int ret;
@@ -467,7 +473,7 @@ static int msm_dp_hpd_unplug_handle(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp)
drm_edid_connector_update(dp->msm_dp_display.connector, NULL);
/* triggered by irq_hdp with sink_count = 0 */
- if (dp->link->sink_count == 0)
+ if (msm_dp_link_no_sink(dp))
msm_dp_display_host_phy_exit(dp);
/*
@@ -634,7 +640,7 @@ static int msm_dp_display_prepare_link(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp)
return rc;
}
- if (dp->link->sink_count == 0)
+ if (msm_dp_link_no_sink(dp))
return -ENOTCONN;
if (!msm_dp_display->power_on) {
@@ -723,12 +729,12 @@ static int msm_dp_display_disable(struct msm_dp_display_private *dp,
msm_dp_ctrl_off_pixel_clk(dp->ctrl);
/* dongle is still connected but sinks are disconnected */
- if (dp->link->sink_count == 0)
+ if (msm_dp_link_no_sink(dp))
msm_dp_link_psm_config(dp->link, &msm_dp_panel->link_info, true);
msm_dp_ctrl_off_link(dp->ctrl, msm_dp_panel);
- if (dp->link->sink_count == 0)
+ if (msm_dp_link_no_sink(dp))
/* re-init the PHY so that we can listen to Dongle disconnect */
msm_dp_ctrl_reinit_phy(dp->ctrl);
else
--
2.55.0