[PATCH 0/3] drm/radeon: Fix Asus M2A-VM HDMI EDID error flooding problem

From: reimth
Date: Wed Jul 06 2011 - 19:30:41 EST


From: Thomas Reim <rdratlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Dear Alex,

> > From: Thomas Reim <rdratlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Some integrated ATI Radeon chipset implementations
> > with add-on HDMI card (e. g. Asus M2A-VM HDMI) indicate the availability
> > of a DDC even when the add-on card is not plugged in or HDMI is disabled
> > in BIOS setup. In this case, drm_get_edid() and drm_edid_block_valid()
> > periodically dump data and kernel errors into system log files and onto
> > terminals. For these chipsets DDC probing is extended by a check for a
> > correct EDID header. Only in case a valid EDID header is also found, the
> > (HDMI) connector will be used by the Radeon driver. This prevents the
> > kernel driver from useless flooding of logs and terminal sessions with
> > EDID dumps and error messages.
> > This patch adds a flag 'requires_extended_probe' to the radeon_connector
> > structure. In function radeon_connector_needs_extended_probe() this flag
> > can be set on a chipset family/vendor/connector type specific basis.
> > In addition, function drm_edid_header_is_valid() has been added for EDID
> > header check and function radeon_ddc_probe() has been adapted to perform
> > extended DDC probing if required by the connector's flag.
> >
> > Tested for kernel 2.35, 2.38 and 3.0 on Asus M2A-VM HDMI board
> >
>
> Once it's ready, just add:
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> to the commit message and it will go into the stable kernels as well.
> Might want to mention the bug report in your commit message as well.
> Just a couple comments below. With those fixed:
>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Reim <rdratlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
thank you for the review and your feedback. I've incorporated your comments as follows:

> * Sanity check the EDID block (base or extension). Return 0 if the block
> > * doesn't check out, or 1 if it's valid.
> > @@ -139,12 +156,7 @@ drm_edid_block_valid(u8 *raw_edid)
> > struct edid *edid = (struct edid *)raw_edid;
> >
> > if (raw_edid[0] == 0x00) {
> > - int score = 0;
> > -
> > - for (i = 0; i < sizeof(edid_header); i++)
> > - if (raw_edid[i] == edid_header[i])
> > - score++;
> > -
> > + int score = drm_edid_header_is_valid(raw_edid);
> > if (score == 8) ;
> > else if (score >= 6) {
> > DRM_DEBUG("Fixing EDID header, your hardware may be failing\n");
>
> Might want to break this hunk out as a separate patch.

Done. Moved to [PATCH 1/3] drm: Separate EDID Header Check from EDID Block Check

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
> > @@ -704,8 +704,13 @@ int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
> > rdev->gpu_lockup = false;
> > rdev->accel_working = false;
> >
> > - DRM_INFO("initializing kernel modesetting (%s 0x%04X:0x%04X).\n",
> > + if (pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0)
> > + DRM_INFO("initializing kernel modesetting (%s 0x%04X:0x%04X).\n",
> > radeon_family_name[rdev->family], pdev->vendor, pdev->device);
> > + else
> > + DRM_INFO("initializing kernel modesetting (%s 0x%04X:0x%04X 0x%04X:0x%04X).\n",
> > + radeon_family_name[rdev->family], pdev->vendor, pdev->device,
> > + pdev->subsystem_vendor, pdev->subsystem_device);
> >
>
> No need for the if block. Just always print both the pci and
> subsystem ids. Also, I'd suggest making that a separate patch as it's
> not related to the actual fix.

Done. Moved to [PATCH 3/3] drm/radeon: Log Subsystem Vendor and Device Information.

The following mails will contain the three patches:
[PATCH 1/3] drm: Separate EDID Header Check from EDID Block Check
[PATCH 2/3] drm/radeon: Fix Asus M2A-VM HDMI EDID error flooding problem
[PATCH 3/3] drm/radeon: Log Subsystem Vendor and Device Information

[PATCH 2/3] requires [PATCH 1/3] (new function drm_edid_header_is_valid). [PATCH 3/3]
is an add-on that helps people to identify also the subsystem vendor and device PCI ID
of a Radeon chipset within the kernel log. So all information that is needed to include
Radeon implementations other than Asus M2A-VM HDMI for extended DDC probing should now
be available in dmesg.

The patches were generated against revision 'Linux 3.0-rc6' in Linux kernel git repository.

Best regards

Thomas Reim


Thomas Reim (3):
drm: Separate EDID Header Check from EDID Block Check
drm/radeon: Fix Asus M2A-VM HDMI EDID error flooding problem
drm/radeon: Log Subsystem Vendor and Device Information

drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 24 +++++++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_connectors.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 5 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c | 9 +++++
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_i2c.c | 32 +++++++++++++++-----
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_mode.h | 6 +++-
include/drm/drm_crtc.h | 1 +
7 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

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