| Message ID | 20170804102033.27731-2-dja@axtens.net (mailing list archive) |
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On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 08:20:31PM +1000, Daniel Axtens wrote: > Some powerpc devices provide a PCI display that isn't picked up by > the VGA arbiter, presumably because it doesn't support the PCI > legacy VGA ranges. > > Commit c2e1d84523ad ("powerpc: Set default VGA device") introduced > an arch quirk to mark these devices as default to fix X autoconfig. > > The commit message stated that the patch: > > Ensures a default VGA is always set if a graphics adapter is present, > even if firmware did not initialize it. If more than one graphics > adapter is present, ensure the one initialized by firmware is set > as the default VGA device. > > The patch used the following test to decide whether or not to mark > a device as default: > > pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd); > if ((cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) || !vga_default_device()) > vga_set_default_device(pdev); > > This doesn't seem like it works quite as intended. Because of the > logical OR, the default device will be set in 2 cases: > > 1) if there is no default device > OR > 2) if this device has normal memory/IO decoding turned on > > This will work as intended if there is only one device, but if > there are multiple devices, we may override the device the VGA > arbiter picked. This quirk only runs on VGA class devices. If there's more than one VGA device in the system, and we assume that firmware only enables PCI_COMMAND_IO or PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY on "the one initialized by firmware", which seems reasonable to me, I think the existing code does match the commit message. We set the first VGA device we find to be the default. Then, if we find another VGA device that's enabled, we make *it* the default instead. > Instead, set a device as default if there is no default device AND > this device decodes. > > This will not change behaviour on single-headed systems. If there is no enabled VGA device on the system, your new code means there will be no default VGA device. It's not clear from this changelog what problem this patch solves. Maybe it's the "some displays not being picked up by the VGA arbiter" you mentioned, but there's not enough detail to connect it with the patch, especially since the patch means we'll set the default device in fewer cases than we did before. With the patch, we only set the default if we find an enabled VGA device. Previously we also set the default if we found a VGA device that had not been enabled. > Cc: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> > > --- > > Tested in TCG (the card provided by qemu doesn't automatically > register with vgaarb, so the relevant code path has been tested) > but I would appreciate any tests on real hardware. > > Informal benh ack: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850235/ > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c > index 341a7469cab8..c95fdda3a2dc 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c > @@ -1746,8 +1746,11 @@ static void fixup_vga(struct pci_dev *pdev) > { > u16 cmd; > > + if (vga_default_device()) > + return; > + > pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd); > - if ((cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) || !vga_default_device()) > + if (cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) > vga_set_default_device(pdev); > > } > -- > 2.11.0 >
Hi Bjorn, Thanks for reading the patch and providing some feedback. >> This will work as intended if there is only one device, but if >> there are multiple devices, we may override the device the VGA >> arbiter picked. > > This quirk only runs on VGA class devices. If there's more than one > VGA device in the system, and we assume that firmware only enables > PCI_COMMAND_IO or PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY on "the one initialized by > firmware", which seems reasonable to me, I think the existing code > does match the commit message. > > We set the first VGA device we find to be the default. Then, if we > find another VGA device that's enabled, we make *it* the default > instead. > >> Instead, set a device as default if there is no default device AND >> this device decodes. >> >> This will not change behaviour on single-headed systems. > > If there is no enabled VGA device on the system, your new code means > there will be no default VGA device. Ah. Right you are. > > It's not clear from this changelog what problem this patch solves. > Maybe it's the "some displays not being picked up by the VGA arbiter" > you mentioned, but there's not enough detail to connect it with the > patch, especially since the patch means we'll set the default device > in fewer cases than we did before. > > With the patch, we only set the default if we find an enabled VGA > device. Previously we also set the default if we found a VGA device > that had not been enabled. My overall problem is not having default devices on some machines. Initially, to solve this, I wanted to make this code generic. To do that I wanted to make sure it played nice with the vga arbiter, so not overriding default devices willy-nilly was a requirement. Evidently, I was overly keen and restricted its behaviour too much. Regardless, in this current approach I don't make this powerpc code generic after all, so this patch is unnecessary. I will remove it for v2, which I will post after further testing. I document the effects of the new approach for powerpc in more detail in patch 3 of this series. If powerpc wants to keep the existing approach we can arrange for that too; it's a simple matter of ifdefs. Regards, Daniel > >> Cc: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> >> >> --- >> >> Tested in TCG (the card provided by qemu doesn't automatically >> register with vgaarb, so the relevant code path has been tested) >> but I would appreciate any tests on real hardware. >> >> Informal benh ack: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850235/ >> --- >> arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c | 5 ++++- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c >> index 341a7469cab8..c95fdda3a2dc 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c >> @@ -1746,8 +1746,11 @@ static void fixup_vga(struct pci_dev *pdev) >> { >> u16 cmd; >> >> + if (vga_default_device()) >> + return; >> + >> pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd); >> - if ((cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) || !vga_default_device()) >> + if (cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) >> vga_set_default_device(pdev); >> >> } >> -- >> 2.11.0 >>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c index 341a7469cab8..c95fdda3a2dc 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c @@ -1746,8 +1746,11 @@ static void fixup_vga(struct pci_dev *pdev) { u16 cmd; + if (vga_default_device()) + return; + pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd); - if ((cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) || !vga_default_device()) + if (cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) vga_set_default_device(pdev); }
Some powerpc devices provide a PCI display that isn't picked up by the VGA arbiter, presumably because it doesn't support the PCI legacy VGA ranges. Commit c2e1d84523ad ("powerpc: Set default VGA device") introduced an arch quirk to mark these devices as default to fix X autoconfig. The commit message stated that the patch: Ensures a default VGA is always set if a graphics adapter is present, even if firmware did not initialize it. If more than one graphics adapter is present, ensure the one initialized by firmware is set as the default VGA device. The patch used the following test to decide whether or not to mark a device as default: pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd); if ((cmd & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) || !vga_default_device()) vga_set_default_device(pdev); This doesn't seem like it works quite as intended. Because of the logical OR, the default device will be set in 2 cases: 1) if there is no default device OR 2) if this device has normal memory/IO decoding turned on This will work as intended if there is only one device, but if there are multiple devices, we may override the device the VGA arbiter picked. Instead, set a device as default if there is no default device AND this device decodes. This will not change behaviour on single-headed systems. Cc: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> --- Tested in TCG (the card provided by qemu doesn't automatically register with vgaarb, so the relevant code path has been tested) but I would appreciate any tests on real hardware. Informal benh ack: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850235/ --- arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)