Hi

Am 16.07.21 um 11:55 schrieb [email protected]:
From: "Ainux.Wang" <[email protected]>

There is should a status when do not get edid.

Well, not really.

So, the problem is that VGA is not hotplug-able. It's supposed to be connected when the computer gets switched on. And there's no interface for sensing the connection state.

But in practice, the cable can be attached/detached at any time. Reading out the EDID is the non-official way for detecting the connection state. You either get EDID data or garbage, where the latter is interpreted as 'disconnected'.

But really old monitors (maybe mid-90s and before) don't provide EDID data. For those, DRM adds standard VGA modes IIRC. And they would likely be detected as 'disconnected'.

I'll merge your original patch '(r <= 0)' and anyone who's stuck with such an old monitor can probably specify a compatible EDID on the kernel command line.

(I'd like to hear other people's opinion about this TBH.)

Best regards
Thomas


Signed-off-by: Ainux.Wang <[email protected]>
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c | 4 +++-
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
index e5996ae03c49..05df48b3d223 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
@@ -1231,8 +1231,10 @@ static int ast_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
                ret = drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid);
                kfree(edid);
                return ret;
-       } else
+       } else {
                drm_connector_update_edid_property(&ast_connector->base, NULL);
+               return -ENXIO;
+       }
        return 0;
  }

--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer

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