On 13 September 2016 at 10:22, <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com>
>
> Turns out
> commit a05628195a0d ("drm/i915: Get panel_type from OpRegion panel
> details") has regressed quite a few machines. So it looks like we
> can't use the panel type from OpRegion on all systems, and yet we
> absolutely must use it on some specific systems.
>
> Despite trying, I was unable to find any automagic way to determine
> if the OpRegion panel type is respectable or not. The only glimmer
> of hope I had was bit 8 in the SCIC response, but that turned out to
> not work either (it was always 0 on both types of systems).
>
> So, to fix the regressions without breaking the machine we know to need
> the OpRegion panel type, let's just add a quirk for this. Only specific
> machines known to require the OpRegion panel type will therefore use
> it. Everyone else will fall bck to the VBT panel type.
>
> The only known machine so far is a "Conrac GmbH IX45GM2". The PCI
> subsystem ID on this machine is just a generic 8086:2a42, so of no use.
> Instead we'll go with a DMI match.
>
> I suspect we can now also revert
> commit aeddda06c1a7 ("drm/i915: Ignore panel type from OpRegion on SKL")
> but let's leave that to a separate patch.
>
> v2: Do the DMI match in the opregion code directly, as dev_priv->quirks
> gets populated too late
>
> Cc: Rob Kramer <r...@solution-space.com>
> Cc: Martin van Es <mar...@mrvanes.com>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarca...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airl...@linux.ie>
> Cc: Marco Krüger <krg...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sean Greenslade <s...@seangreenslade.com>
> Cc: Trudy Tective <bertsl...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Robin Müller <rm1...@gmx.de>
> Cc: Alexander Kobel <a-ko...@a-kobel.de>
> Cc: Alexey Shumitsky <alexey.shumit...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Emil Andersen Lauridsen <mine...@gmail.com>
> Cc: oceans...@gmail.com
> Cc: James Hogan <ja...@albanarts.com>
> Cc: James Bottomley <james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com>
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> References:
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2016-August/105545.html
> References:
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2016-August/116888.html
> References:
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2016-June/098826.html
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94825
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97060
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97443
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97363
> Fixes: a05628195a0d ("drm/i915: Get panel_type from OpRegion panel details")
> Tested-by: Marco Krüger <krg...@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Alexey Shumitsky <alexey.shumit...@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Sean Greenslade <s...@seangreenslade.com>
> Tested-by: Emil Andersen Lauridsen <mine...@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Robin Müller <rm1...@gmx.de>
> Tested-by: oceans...@gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com>
That works for me too on XPS13. Flickering screen brightness gone, and
using acpi backlight rather than intel backlight, like before
a05628195a0d ("drm/i915: Get panel_type from OpRegion panel details").
Tested-by: James Hogan <ja...@albanarts.com>
Thanks!
James
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> index adca262d591a..7acbbbf97833 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
> @@ -1047,6 +1047,23 @@ err_out:
> return err;
> }
>
> +static int intel_use_opregion_panel_type_callback(const struct dmi_system_id
> *id)
> +{
> + DRM_INFO("Using panel type from OpRegion on %s\n", id->ident);
> + return 1;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct dmi_system_id intel_use_opregion_panel_type[] = {
> + {
> + .callback = intel_use_opregion_panel_type_callback,
> + .ident = "Conrac GmbH IX45GM2",
> + .matches = {DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Conrac GmbH"),
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "IX45GM2"),
> + },
> + },
> + { }
> +};
> +
> int
> intel_opregion_get_panel_type(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> {
> @@ -1073,6 +1090,16 @@ intel_opregion_get_panel_type(struct drm_i915_private
> *dev_priv)
> }
>
> /*
> + * So far we know that some machined must use it, others must not use
> it.
> + * There doesn't seem to be any way to determine which way to go,
> except
> + * via a quirk list :(
> + */
> + if (!dmi_check_system(intel_use_opregion_panel_type)) {
> + DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Ignoring OpRegion panel type (%d)\n", ret - 1);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> * FIXME On Dell XPS 13 9350 the OpRegion panel type (0) gives us
> * low vswing for eDP, whereas the VBT panel type (2) gives us normal
> * vswing instead. Low vswing results in some display flickers, so
> --
> 2.7.4
>
--
James Hogan
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