On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 10:08:25PM +0300, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <[email protected]>
> 
> Apparently writing the DPLL register P1/P2 divider fields won't trigger
> an actual change in the DPLL output unless VGA mode is enabled for
> prior to the register write that changes the P1/P2 dividers. The write
> with the new P1/P2 divider can itself disable VGA mode again without
> problems.
> 
> I tested the behaviour on my 946GZ, and when manually frobbing the
> register with the display on, the behaviour is very clear. However I
> can't explain why this machine actually works. The P1/P2 divider
> changes caused by normal modesets do seem to make it through to the
> hardware somehow since I get a stable picture on the monitor with
> any resolution. Maybe it's the "three times for luck" stuff that
> somehow masks the problem, or something.
> 
> But apparently there are machines (eg. Nick Bowler's G45) where that
> isn't the case and we fail to get the correct clock from the DPLL.
> 
> Things used to work because we enabled VGA mode for disabled DPLLs,
> so when re-enabling the DPLL VGA mode was enabled just prior to the
> first register write, and hence the P1/P2 change went through without
> a hitch. That got changed in
> 
> b8afb9113c51 drm/i915: Keep GMCH DPLL VGA mode always disabled
> 
> in the name of consistency. In order to keep the consistency part,
> leave VGA mode disabled for disabled DPLLs, but turn it on just prior
> to updating the P1/P2 dividers to make sure the hardware picks up
> on the new values.
> 
> Cc: Nick Bowler <[email protected]>
> Reported-by: Nick Bowler <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Nick Bowler <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> index f4fdff9..ce51dbc 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> @@ -1743,6 +1743,13 @@ static void i9xx_enable_pll(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
>                          I915_READ(DPLL(!crtc->pipe)) | DPLL_DVO_2X_MODE);
>       }
>  
> +     /*
> +      * Apparently we need to have VGA mode enabled prior to changing
> +      * the P1/P2 dividers. Otherwise the DPLL will keep using the old
> +      * dividers, even though the register value does change.
> +      */
> +     I915_WRITE(reg, 0);

Again POSTING_READ for ordering? Otherwise Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter 
<[email protected]>
Not that there's a lot to review since Bspec is silent ...
-Daniel
> +
>       I915_WRITE(reg, dpll);
>  
>       /* Wait for the clocks to stabilize. */
> -- 
> 2.4.9
> 
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