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SubjectRe: [linux-sunxi] [RESEND PATCH] drm/sun4i: hdmi: Improve compatibility with hpd-less HDMI displays
On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 03:06:16PM +0200, Priit Laes wrote:
> From: Priit Laes <priit.laes@paf.com>
>
> Even though HDMI connector features hotplug detect pin (HPD), there
> are older devices which do not support it. For these devices fall
> back to additional check on I2C bus to probe for EDID data.
>
> One known example is HDMI/DVI display with following edid:
>
> $ xxd -p display.edid
> 00ffffffffffff0005a1e00301000000150f0103800f05780a0f6ea05748
> 9a2610474f200000010101010101010101010101010101012a08804520e0
> 0b1020004000953600000018000000fd0034441a2403000a202020202020
> 0000001000310a20202020202020202020200000001000002a4030701300
> 782d1100001e006b
>
> $ edid-decode display.edid
> EDID version: 1.3
> Manufacturer: AMA Model 3e0 Serial Number 1
> Digital display
> Maximum image size: 15 cm x 5 cm
> Gamma: 2.20
> RGB color display
> First detailed timing is preferred timing
> Display x,y Chromaticity:
> Red: 0.6250, 0.3398
> Green: 0.2841, 0.6044
> Blue: 0.1494, 0.0644
> White: 0.2802, 0.3105
>
> Established timings supported:
> 640x480@60Hz 4:3 HorFreq: 31469 Hz Clock: 25.175 MHz
> Standard timings supported:
> Detailed mode: Clock 20.900 MHz, 149 mm x 54 mm
> 640 672 672 709 hborder 0
> 480 484 484 491 vborder 0
> -hsync -vsync
> VertFreq: 60 Hz, HorFreq: 29478 Hz
> Monitor ranges (GTF): 52-68Hz V, 26-36kHz H, max dotclock 30MHz
> Dummy block
> Dummy block
> Checksum: 0x6b (valid)
>
> Now, current implementation is still flawed, as HDMI uses the
> HPD signal to indicate that the source should re-read the EDID
> due to change in device capabilities. With current HPD polling
> implementation we would most certainly miss those notifications
> as one can try just swapping two HDMI monitors really fast.
>
> Proper fix would be skipping the HPD pin detection and relying
> on just EDID fetching and acting on its changes.

HPD has been a hard requirement since DDWG came up with DVI somewhere in
the late 90s. This monitor is plainly broken, and should not get an
expensive i2c address polling based workaround at the driver level.

Luc Verhaegen.

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