Re: [PATCH V7 3/4] drm/bridge: Add driver for GE B850v3 LVDS/DP++ Bridge
From: Peter Senna Tschudin
Date: Sat Jan 28 2017 - 09:18:34 EST
On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 01:18:47PM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
Hi Archit,
Thank you for the comments!
[...]
> > + total_size = (block[EDID_EXT_BLOCK_CNT] + 1) * EDID_LENGTH;
> > + if (total_size > EDID_LENGTH) {
> > + kfree(block);
> > + block = kmalloc(total_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!block)
> > + return NULL;
> > +
> > + /* Yes, read the entire buffer, and do not skip the first
> > + * EDID_LENGTH bytes.
> > + */
>
> Is this the reason why you aren't using drm_do_get_edid()?
Yes, for some hw specific reason, it is necessary to read the entire
EDID buffer starting from 0, not block by block.
[...]
I fixed all your other suggestions. Thank you!