On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 04:15:05AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> The DRM CRTC helpers add default modes to connectors in the connected
> state if no mode can be retrieved from the connector. This behaviour is
> useful for VGA or DVI outputs that have no connected DDC bus. However,
> in such cases, the status of the output usually can't be retrieved and
> is reported as connector_status_unknown.
>
> Extend the addition of default modes to connectors in an unknown state
> to support outputs that can retrieve neither the modes nor the
> connection status.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+rene...@ideasonboard.com>
>From your description sounds like an OK approach.
But this is not something I feel too familiar with.
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <s...@ravnborg.org>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c | 3 ++-
> include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h | 8 +++++++-
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> index f5d141e0400f..9055d9573c90 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> @@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ int drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes(struct
> drm_connector *connector,
> if (count == 0 && connector->status == connector_status_connected)
> count = drm_add_override_edid_modes(connector);
>
> - if (count == 0 && connector->status == connector_status_connected)
> + if (count == 0 && (connector->status == connector_status_connected ||
> + connector->status == connector_status_unknown))
> count = drm_add_modes_noedid(connector, 1024, 768);
> count += drm_helper_probe_add_cmdline_mode(connector);
> if (count == 0)
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> index 421a30f08463..afe55e2e93d2 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> @@ -876,13 +876,19 @@ struct drm_connector_helper_funcs {
> * The usual way to implement this is to cache the EDID retrieved in the
> * probe callback somewhere in the driver-private connector structure.
> * In this function drivers then parse the modes in the EDID and add
> - * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that driver a
> + * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that drive a
> * fixed panel can also manually add specific modes using
> * drm_mode_probed_add(). Drivers which manually add modes should also
> * make sure that the &drm_connector.display_info,
> * &drm_connector.width_mm and &drm_connector.height_mm fields are
> * filled in.
> *
> + * Note that the caller function will automatically add standard VESA
> + * DMT modes up to 1024x768 if the .get_modes() helper operation returns
> + * no mode and if the connector status is connector_status_connected or
> + * connector_status_unknown. There is no need to call
> + * drm_add_edid_modes() manually in that case.
> + *
> * Virtual drivers that just want some standard VESA mode with a given
> * resolution can call drm_add_modes_noedid(), and mark the preferred
> * one using drm_set_preferred_mode().
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
>
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