linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] drm/dp: Add helper to set LTTPRs in transparent mode

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Message-ID: <Z3z0NcDhmwOoQhlG@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 10:30:29 +0100
From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>
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	Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] drm/dp: Add helper to set LTTPRs in transparent
 mode

On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 02:58:15PM +0200, Abel Vesa wrote:
> According to the DisplayPort standard, LTTPRs have two operating
> modes:
>  - non-transparent - it replies to DPCD LTTPR field specific AUX
>    requests, while passes through all other AUX requests
>  - transparent - it passes through all AUX requests.
> 
> Switching between this two modes is done by the DPTX by issuing
> an AUX write to the DPCD PHY_REPEATER_MODE register.
> 
> Add a generic helper that allows switching between these modes.
> 
> Also add a generic wrapper for the helper that handles the explicit
> disabling of non-transparent mode and its disable->enable sequence
> mentioned in the DP Standard v2.0 section 3.6.6.1. Do this in order
> to move this handling out of the vendor specific driver implementation
> into the generic framework.
> 
> Tested-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>

> +/**
> + * drm_dp_lttpr_init - init LTTPR transparency mode according to DP standard
> + *
> + * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
> + * @lttpr_count: Number of LTTPRs. Between 0 and 8, according to DP standard.
> + *               Negative error code for any non-valid number.
> + *               See drm_dp_lttpr_count().
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
> + */
> +int drm_dp_lttpr_init(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, int lttpr_count)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!lttpr_count)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * See DP Standard v2.0 3.6.6.1 about the explicit disabling of
> +	 * non-transparent mode and the disable->enable non-transparent mode
> +	 * sequence.
> +	 */
> +	ret = drm_dp_lttpr_set_transparent_mode(aux, true);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (lttpr_count < 0)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Roll-back to tranparent mode if setting non-tranparent mode failed

typo: transparent (2x)

> +	 */

I think this comment now needs to go inside the conditional, if you want
to keep it at all.

> +	if (drm_dp_lttpr_set_transparent_mode(aux, false)) {
> +		drm_dp_lttpr_set_transparent_mode(aux, true);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_lttpr_init);

This looks much better to me now, so with the above addressed: 

Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>