Re: [PATCHv6] drm/i915/dp: Read ALPM caps after DPCD init

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2026, Arun R Murthy <arun.r.murthy@intel.com> wrote:
> For eDP read the ALPM DPCD caps after DPCD initalization and just before
> the PSR init.

Folks, this is *not* sufficient for a commit message.

Please ensure the commit message answers the question, "Why?".

There's nothing about that here, and this is a commit that will be
backported to stable kernels as well.

BR,
Jani.



>
> v2: Move intel_alpm_init to intel_edp_init_dpcd (Jouni)
> v3: Add Fixes with commit-id (Jouni)
> v4: Separated the alpm dpcd read caps from alpm_init and moved to
> intel_edp_init_dpcd.
> v5: Read alpm_caps always for eDP irrespective of the eDP version (Jouni)
> v6: replace drm_dp_dpcd_readb with drm_dp_dpcd_read_byte (Jouni)
>
> Fixes: 15438b325987 ("drm/i915/alpm: Add compute config for lobf")
> Signed-off-by: Arun R Murthy <arun.r.murthy@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Animesh Manna <animesh.manna@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jouni Högander <jouni.hogander@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_alpm.c | 6 ------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c   | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_alpm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_alpm.c
> index b3334bc4d0f9..a7350ce8e716 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_alpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_alpm.c
> @@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ bool intel_alpm_is_alpm_aux_less(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
>  
>  void intel_alpm_init(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  {
> -	u8 dpcd;
> -
> -	if (drm_dp_dpcd_readb(&intel_dp->aux, DP_RECEIVER_ALPM_CAP, &dpcd) < 0)
> -		return;
> -
> -	intel_dp->alpm_dpcd = dpcd;
>  	mutex_init(&intel_dp->alpm.lock);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> index 025e906b63a9..d6a7ccbc9932 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> @@ -4709,6 +4709,7 @@ static bool
>  intel_edp_init_dpcd(struct intel_dp *intel_dp, struct intel_connector *connector)
>  {
>  	struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(intel_dp);
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	/* this function is meant to be called only once */
>  	drm_WARN_ON(display->drm, intel_dp->dpcd[DP_DPCD_REV] != 0);
> @@ -4748,6 +4749,12 @@ intel_edp_init_dpcd(struct intel_dp *intel_dp, struct intel_connector *connector
>  	 */
>  	intel_dp_init_source_oui(intel_dp);
>  
> +	/* Read the ALPM DPCD caps */
> +	ret = drm_dp_dpcd_read_byte(&intel_dp->aux, DP_RECEIVER_ALPM_CAP,
> +				    &intel_dp->alpm_dpcd);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return false;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * This has to be called after intel_dp->edp_dpcd is filled, PSR checks
>  	 * for SET_POWER_CAPABLE bit in intel_dp->edp_dpcd[1]

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel