Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Force explicit bpp selectionfor intel_dp_link_required

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 08:16:25AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> It is never correct to use intel_crtc->bpp in intel_dp_link_required,
> so instead pass an explicit bpp in to this function. This patch
> only supports 18bpp and 24bpp modes, which means that 10bpc modes will
> be computed incorrectly. Fixing that will require more extensive
> changes, and so must be addressed separately from this bugfix.
> 
> intel_dp_link_required is called from intel_dp_mode_valid and
> intel_dp_mode_fixup.
> 
> * intel_dp_mode_valid is called to list supported modes; in this case,
>   the current crtc values cannot be relevant as the modes in question
>   may never be selected. Thus, using intel_crtc->bpp is never right.
> 
> * intel_dp_mode_fixup is called during mode setting, but it is run
>   well before ironlake_crtc_mode_set is called to set intel_crtc->bpp,
>   so using intel_crtc-bpp in this path can only ever get a stale
>   value.
> 
> Cc: Lubos Kolouch <lubos.kolouch@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx>

Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42263
Tested-by: camalot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dell Latitude 6510)

Not the original reporter and might not exactly be this bug, but likely.
-Daniel
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