Thread (32 messages) 32 messages, 8 authors, 2017-02-06

[PATCH V7 3/4] drm/bridge: Add driver for GE B850v3 LVDS/DP++ Bridge

From: Peter Senna Tschudin <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-28 14:18:31
Also in: dri-devel, linux-devicetree, lkml

On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 01:18:47PM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
Hi Archit,

Thank you for the comments!

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+	total_size = (block[EDID_EXT_BLOCK_CNT] + 1) * EDID_LENGTH;
+	if (total_size > EDID_LENGTH) {
+		kfree(block);
+		block = kmalloc(total_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!block)
+			return NULL;
+
+		/* Yes, read the entire buffer, and do not skip the first
+		 * EDID_LENGTH bytes.
+		 */
Is this the reason why you aren't using drm_do_get_edid()?
Yes, for some hw specific reason, it is necessary to read the entire
EDID buffer starting from 0, not block by block.

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I fixed all your other suggestions. Thank you!
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