Commit a66da873 authored by Simon Ser's avatar Simon Ser

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]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/-/commit/fbe61f529737191d0920521946a575bd55f00fbeSigned-off-by: default avatarSimon 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: default avatarDaniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Acked-by: default avatarPekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@gmail.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/kFylMmeRMGJk-oi8f-Td8A7GNa1C-GsK23-vjKg77VhWfwpkLJg7QxFlQ_g9KdVxZiyWl9eJWpUGa5PYasR9YcyvIbuBmHVfKeHb4rH0yTM=@emersion.fr
parent 8a070524
......@@ -994,6 +994,32 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[] = {
* after modeset, the kernel driver may set this to "BAD" and issue a
* hotplug uevent. Drivers should update this value using
* drm_connector_set_link_status_property().
*
* When user-space receives the hotplug uevent and detects a "BAD"
* link-status, the sink doesn't receive pixels anymore (e.g. the screen
* becomes completely black). The list of available modes may have
* changed. User-space is expected to pick a new mode if the current one
* has disappeared and perform a new modeset with link-status set to
* "GOOD" to re-enable the connector.
*
* If multiple connectors share the same CRTC and one of them gets a "BAD"
* link-status, the other are unaffected (ie. the sinks still continue to
* receive pixels).
*
* When user-space performs an atomic commit on a connector with a "BAD"
* link-status without resetting the property to "GOOD", the sink may
* still not receive pixels. When user-space performs an atomic commit
* which resets the link-status property to "GOOD" without the
* ALLOW_MODESET flag set, it might fail because a modeset is required.
*
* User-space can only change link-status to "GOOD", changing it to "BAD"
* is a no-op.
*
* For backwards compatibility with non-atomic userspace the kernel
* tries to automatically set the link-status back to "GOOD" in the
* SETCRTC IOCTL. This might fail if the mode is no longer valid, similar
* to how it might fail if a different screen has been connected in the
* interim.
* non_desktop:
* Indicates the output should be ignored for purposes of displaying a
* standard desktop environment or console. This is most likely because
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