I think I found what triggers the error (of course, this is just the manifestation of the error, maybe not the root cause): from 3.13.0-17.37 a limited number of "retries" has been introduced, which fails after 7 retries; this seems to be not enough:
--- linux-3.13.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c +++ linux-3.13.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c @@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ uint8_t msg[20]; int msg_bytes; uint8_t ack; + int retry; if (WARN_ON(send_bytes > 16)) return -E2BIG; @@ -548,18 +549,20 @@ msg[3] = send_bytes - 1; memcpy(&msg[4], send, send_bytes); msg_bytes = send_bytes + 4; - for (;;) { + for (retry = 0; retry < 7; retry++) { ret = intel_dp_aux_ch(intel_dp, msg, msg_bytes, &ack, 1); if (ret < 0) return ret; if ((ack & AUX_NATIVE_REPLY_MASK) == AUX_NATIVE_REPLY_ACK) - break; + return send_bytes; else if ((ack & AUX_NATIVE_REPLY_MASK) == AUX_NATIVE_REPLY_DEFER) - udelay(100); + usleep_range(400, 500); else return -EIO; } - return send_bytes; + + DRM_ERROR("too many retries, giving up\n"); + return -EIO; } -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322644 Title: [Dell XPS 13 (L321X)] External monitor does not wake up after sleep To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1322644/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs