linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm: Introduce crtc->mode

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Date:   Thu, 4 May 2017 14:49:31 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Carlos Palminha <CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com>,
        Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm: Introduce crtc->mode_valid() callback

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Ville Syrjälä
<ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> We don't actually want the codepaths to match exactly. In i915
> we allow the user to exceed some of the display/dongle limits
> because those things often tell us that something shouldn't work
> when in fact it does. And some users are quick to complain if
> something stops working for them.

The goal here is to share the source-side checking
(crtc/encoder/bridges), and that should match perfectly between probe
and commit. Sink-side constraints are different, and for those we
should indeed not check everything. Maybe a good reason to only call
connector->mode_valid in the probe paths?
-Daniel
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