drm: document how user-space should use link-status
Describe what a "BAD" link-status means for user-space and how it should
handle it. The logic described has been implemented in igt [1].
v2:
- Change wording to avoid "enabled" (Daniel)
- Add paragraph about multiple connectors sharing the same CRTC (Pekka)
- Add paragraph about performing an atomic commit on a connector without
updating the link-status property (Daniel)
v3:
- Fix description of what happens when link-status isn't reset to
"GOOD", and when link-status is reset without ALLOW_MODESET (Daniel,
Ville)
- Changing link-status to "BAD" is a no-op
- Clearly state that "BAD" means black screen (Manasi)
[1]: fbe61f5297
Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare@intel.com>
Cc: Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@gmail.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/kFylMmeRMGJk-oi8f-Td8A7GNa1C-GsK23-vjKg77VhWfwpkLJg7QxFlQ_g9KdVxZiyWl9eJWpUGa5PYasR9YcyvIbuBmHVfKeHb4rH0yTM=@emersion.fr
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@@ -994,6 +994,32 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[] = {
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* after modeset, the kernel driver may set this to "BAD" and issue a
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* hotplug uevent. Drivers should update this value using
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* drm_connector_set_link_status_property().
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*
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* When user-space receives the hotplug uevent and detects a "BAD"
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* link-status, the sink doesn't receive pixels anymore (e.g. the screen
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* becomes completely black). The list of available modes may have
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* changed. User-space is expected to pick a new mode if the current one
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* has disappeared and perform a new modeset with link-status set to
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* "GOOD" to re-enable the connector.
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*
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* If multiple connectors share the same CRTC and one of them gets a "BAD"
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* link-status, the other are unaffected (ie. the sinks still continue to
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* receive pixels).
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*
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* When user-space performs an atomic commit on a connector with a "BAD"
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* link-status without resetting the property to "GOOD", the sink may
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* still not receive pixels. When user-space performs an atomic commit
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* which resets the link-status property to "GOOD" without the
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* ALLOW_MODESET flag set, it might fail because a modeset is required.
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*
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* User-space can only change link-status to "GOOD", changing it to "BAD"
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* is a no-op.
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*
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* For backwards compatibility with non-atomic userspace the kernel
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* tries to automatically set the link-status back to "GOOD" in the
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* SETCRTC IOCTL. This might fail if the mode is no longer valid, similar
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* to how it might fail if a different screen has been connected in the
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* interim.
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* non_desktop:
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* Indicates the output should be ignored for purposes of displaying a
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* standard desktop environment or console. This is most likely because
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