Re: Intel graphics drm issue?

[Mark Hounschell]

On 10/14/2012 07:03 AM, Bruno PrÃmont wrote:
> On Sun, 14 October 2012 Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 10/14/2012 04:41 AM, Bruno PrÃmont wrote:
> > > Your best solution is probably to write an EDID blob (or reuse one you find
> > > somewhere) that provides at least one mode matching your TV's native mode
> > > (probably full-HD).
> > >
> > > Google suggested the following document:
> > > http://www.jordansmanuals.com/ServiceManuals%5CLG%5CTV%5CLCD%5C42LB9DF%5C42LB9DF%20Service%20Manual.pdf
> > > which on page 13/14 shows the full EDID blob for the various HDMI outputs of the
> > > TV. You may want to read that document, convert the EDID blobs to 512 bytes binary
> > > files and hell DRM core to use the right one via module/kernel cmdline option:
> > >
> > >    drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/lg42lb9df.edid
> > > or
> > >    modprobe drm-kms-helper edid_firmware=edid/lg42lb9df.edid
> > >
> > > where
> > >    /lib/firmware/edid/lg42lb9df.edid
> > > is the 512-bytes EDID blob created according to data from above manual.
> > > (note, that will only work for intel, radeon and nouveau drivers but will
> > >    not work for closed drivers of AMD/nVidia)
> >
> > This certainly looks doable. That firmware file, should it contain all 4
> > tables or just the one for the port I'm connected to? Will it matter what
> > order they were in?
>
> It should contain just the table for the port you're connected to.
> For the HDMI ports the tables are 1024 bytes (e.g. two 512 bytes blocks,
> not just one as I incorrectly wrote above). For the VGA port it's just one
> 512 bytes block.
>
> Oh, and check the exact documentation of edid_firmware parameter as you can
> adjust its value to tell kernel to which connector exactly it applies
> (otherwise it will overwrite the EDID on other ports with working displays!).

Hi Bruno,

I've taken the EDID data from that service manual. I've looked at the 
EDID-Howto for how to specify the connector but all I see is:

"An EDID data set will only be used for a particular connector,
 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID name."

Where can I find the connector names?

And could I ask if this simple pgm might work to build the file I need?

int32_t main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        FILE *fd;
        const char *path = "/lib/firmware/edid/lg42lb9df.edid";
        const char *mode = "w+";
        uint8_t firmware[1024] = {

                0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x1E, 
0x6D, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
                0x0E, 0x10, 0x01, 0x03, 0x80, 0x73, 0x41, 0x96, 0x0A, 
0xCF, 0x74, 0xA3, 0x57, 0x4C, 0xB0, 0x23,
                0x09, 0x48, 0x4C, 0xAF, 0xCF, 0x00, 0x31, 0x40, 0x45, 
0x40, 0x61, 0x40, 0x81, 0x80, 0xA9, 0x40,
                0xD1, 0xC0, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x02, 0x3A, 0x80, 
0x18, 0x71, 0x38, 0x2D, 0x40, 0x58, 0x2C,
                0x45, 0x00, 0xC4, 0x8E, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x66, 
0x21, 0x50, 0xB0, 0x51, 0x00, 0x1B, 0x30,
                0x40, 0x70, 0x36, 0x00, 0xC4, 0x8E, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 
0x1E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFD, 0x00, 0x38,
                0x4B, 0x1F, 0x44, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 
0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFC,
                0x00, 0x4C, 0x47, 0x20, 0x54, 0x56, 0x0A, 0x20, 0x20, 
0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x01, 0x15,

                0x02, 0x03, 0x1B, 0xF1, 0x4C, 0x20, 0x22, 0x10, 0x1F, 
0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x12, 0x93,
                0x14, 0x23, 0x15, 0x07, 0x50, 0x65, 0x03, 0x0C, 0x00, 
0x10, 0x00, 0x01, 0x1D, 0x00, 0x72, 0x51,
                0xD0, 0x1E, 0x20, 0x6E, 0x28, 0x55, 0x00, 0xC4, 0x8E, 
0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x01, 0x1D, 0x80,
                0x18, 0x71, 0x1C, 0x16, 0x20, 0x58, 0x2C, 0x25, 0x00, 
0xC4, 0x8E, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9E, 0x8C,
                0x0A, 0xD0, 0x90, 0x20, 0x40, 0x31, 0x20, 0x0C, 0x40, 
0x55, 0x00, 0x4C, 0x6C, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00,
                0x18, 0x01, 0x1D, 0x00, 0xBC, 0x52, 0xD0, 0x1E, 0x20, 
0xB8, 0x28, 0x55, 0x40, 0x4C, 0x6C, 0x42,
                0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x01, 0x1D, 0x80, 0xD0, 0x72, 0x1C, 
0x16, 0x20, 0x10, 0x2C, 0x25, 0x80, 0x4C,
                0x6C, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xED
        };

        fd = fopen(path, mode);
        if (fd == NULL) {
                perror("/lib/firmware/edid/lg42lb9df.edid failed: ");
                return 1;
        }

        fwrite(&firmware, 1024, 1, fd);

        fclose(fd);

        printf("Wrote 1024 bytes of edid data to %s\n", path);

        return 0;
}

Thanks very much
Mark

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