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    drm/sun4i: rgb: Change the pixel clock validation check · e2771deb
    Maxime Ripard authored
    The current code, since commit bb43d40d ("drm/sun4i: rgb: Validate the
    clock rate"), perform some validation on the pixel clock to filter out the
    EDID modes provided by monitors (through bridges) that we wouldn't be able
    to reach. For the usual modes, we're able to generate a perfect clock rate,
    so a strict check was enough.
    
    However, this had the side effect of preventing displays that would work
    otherwise to operate properly, since we would pretty much never be able to
    generate an exact rate for those displays, even though we would fall within
    that panel tolerance.
    
    This was also shown to happen for unusual modes exposed through EDIDs, for
    example on eDP panels.
    
    We can work around this by simplifying a bit the problem: no panels we've
    encountered so far actually needed that check. All of them are tied to a
    particular board when it is produced, and made to work with the Allwinner
    BSP. That pretty much guarantees that we never have a pixel clock out of
    reach.
    
    On the other hand, the EDIDs modes that needed to be validated have always
    been exposed through bridges.
    
    Let's just use that metric to instead of validating all modes, only
    validate modes when we have a bridge attached. It should be good enough for
    now, while we still have room for improvements or refinements using the
    display_timings structure for example for panels.
    
    We also add a tolerance for EDID-based modes instead of doing a strict
    check. This tolerance is of 0.5% which is the one advertised in the VESA
    DVT and CVT specs. If that needed to be extended in the future, we can add
    a custom module parameter to relax it a bit.
    
    Fixes: bb43d40d ("drm/sun4i: rgb: Validate the clock rate")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMaxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com>
    Tested-by: Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@gmail.com> # tested on pinebook
    Reviewed-by: default avatarPaul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@bootlin.com>
    Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/ec2dc2a7b3d4bd44f7a2a6e1c1813f92449a7310.1551191081.git-series.maxime.ripard@bootlin.com
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