On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:42:08 +0100, Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk> 
wrote:
> Given that the hardware may be left in a random condition by the BIOS,
> it is conceivable that we then attempt to clear the DP_PIPEB_SELECT bit
> without us ever enabling/attaching the DP encoder to a pipe. Thus
> causing a NULL deference when we attempt to wait for a vblank on that
> crtc.

Is this because we're assuming that the only way DP_PIPEB_SELECT could
have been set is by our driver? That does seem like a bad assumption on
our part.


> -             intel_wait_for_vblank(dev, intel_crtc->pipe);
> +             intel_wait_for_crtc_vblank_safe(intel_dp->base.base.crtc);

I actually think that simply placing the in-line function here in the
code is clearer -- it makes it obvious that we aren't counting on there
being a crtc assigned to this output.

-- 
keith.pack...@intel.com

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