Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: add module param for live_status

Chris Wilson
2016-08-17T08:09:02Z

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:02:32AM +0300, David Weinehall wrote:
> Since the workaround for buggy displays that do not reply to
> live status detect immediately affects a rather limited set of
> displays, and since the price paid (almost 100ms per HDMI-port),
> we should have that hack disabled by default.
>
> Rather than leaving people with these kinds of broken displays
> out in the cold completely, add a module parameter, defaulting
> to -1 (live status detection on supported platforms, but without
> the extra delays), that allows for re-enabling this hack.

No. It is a regression. We revert back to the previous status quo,
and then try to introduce live-status checking in a way that works if at
all possible.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre