FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/vc4: hdmi: enable scrambling before the TMDS clock starts" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 81383bd290a18f06ccf9b0bfb29e1a3ef73d9357
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261109202040-failed-5.15-81383bd290a1@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 81383bd290a18f06ccf9b0bfb29e1a3ef73d9357 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Tanure <lucas.tanure@neat.no>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:40:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] drm/vc4: hdmi: enable scrambling before the TMDS clock starts
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HDMI 2.0 requires a source to suspend the TMDS clock, write the
TMDS_Bit_Clock_Ratio bit in the sink's SCDC registers, wait at least
1 ms and only then resume the clock. vc4 does the opposite: the PHY
starts at the new rate first, and the SCDC bits are written tens of
milliseconds later, at the very end of the enable sequence, together
with the source side scrambler. On disable the bits are cleared while
the clock is still running.

Some sinks sample the bit only when the clock appears. One HDMI 2.0
sink we tested then sets up its receiver for a 1/10 clock and never
recovers: a Raspberry Pi 5 at 3840x2160@60 shows no picture, while
1080p60 and 4K30 work and other sources work at 4K60 on the same sink.
Writing the bit by hand before enabling the output makes the same mode
lock every time.

Enable scrambling, on the sink and in the controller, before the PHY is
started, and disable it only after the PHY has been stopped. The SCDC
helper already waits the required time after writing the ratio bit.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c85695a2016e ("drm/vc4: hdmi: Enable the scrambler")
Link: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/7693
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <lucas.tanure@neat.no>
Reviewed-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261026164028.78792-4-lucas.tanure@neat.no
Signed-off-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
index f58f645ec3c50..f2043f907dc52 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
@@ -917,8 +917,6 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_encoder_post_crtc_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vc4_hdmi->hw_lock, flags);
 	}
 
-	vc4_hdmi_disable_scrambling(encoder);
-
 	drm_dev_exit(idx);
 
 out:
@@ -946,6 +944,8 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_encoder_post_crtc_powerdown(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 	if (vc4_hdmi->variant->phy_disable)
 		vc4_hdmi->variant->phy_disable(vc4_hdmi);
 
+	vc4_hdmi_disable_scrambling(encoder);
+
 	clk_disable_unprepare(vc4_hdmi->pixel_bvb_clock);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(vc4_hdmi->pixel_clock);
 
@@ -1553,6 +1553,8 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_encoder_pre_crtc_configure(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 		goto err_disable_pixel_clock;
 	}
 
+	vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(encoder);
+
 	if (vc4_hdmi->variant->phy_init)
 		vc4_hdmi->variant->phy_init(vc4_hdmi, conn_state);
 
@@ -1687,7 +1689,6 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_encoder_post_crtc_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 	}
 
 	vc4_hdmi_recenter_fifo(vc4_hdmi);
-	vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(encoder);
 
 	drm_dev_exit(idx);
 
-- 
2.53.0