We've only computed whether we need to fall back to 6bpc due to dp
link bandwidth constrains in mode_valid, but not mode_fixup. Under
various circumstances X likes to create new modes which then lack
proper 6bpc flags (if required), resulting in mode_fixup failures and
ultimately black screens.
Chris Wilson pointed out that we still get things wrong for bpp > 24,
but that should be fixed in another patch (and it'll be easier because
this patch consolidates the logic).
The likely culprit for this regression is
commit 3d794f87238f74d80e78a7611c7fbde8a54c85c2
Author: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:16:25 2012 -0800
drm/i915: Force explicit bpp selection for intel_dp_link_required
v2: Fix indentation and tune down the too bold claim that this should
fix the world. Both noticed by Chris Wilson.
v3: Try to really git add things.
Reported-and-tested-by: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>
Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48170
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
Signed-Off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see: *
* http://dri.freedesktop.org/ *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).
The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:
1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.
2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
restricted regions of memory.
3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
switch.
4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.
Documentation on the DRI is available from:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/
For specific information about kernel-level support, see:
The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html
Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html
A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html
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