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    drm/edid/firmware: Remove built-in EDIDs · 89ac522d
    Maxime Ripard authored
    The EDID firmware loading mechanism introduced a few built-in EDIDs that
    could be forced on any connector, bypassing the EDIDs it exposes.
    
    While convenient, this limited set of EDIDs doesn't take into account
    the connector type, and we can end up with an EDID that is completely
    invalid for a given connector.
    
    For example, the edid/800x600.bin file matches the following EDID:
    
      edid-decode (hex):
    
      00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 31 d8 00 00 00 00 00 00
      05 16 01 03 6d 1b 14 78 ea 5e c0 a4 59 4a 98 25
      20 50 54 01 00 00 45 40 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
      01 01 01 01 01 01 a0 0f 20 00 31 58 1c 20 28 80
      14 00 15 d0 10 00 00 1e 00 00 00 ff 00 4c 69 6e
      75 78 20 23 30 0a 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fd 00 3b
      3d 24 26 05 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc
      00 4c 69 6e 75 78 20 53 56 47 41 0a 20 20 00 c2
    
      ----------------
    
      Block 0, Base EDID:
        EDID Structure Version & Revision: 1.3
        Vendor & Product Identification:
          Manufacturer: LNX
          Model: 0
          Made in: week 5 of 2012
        Basic Display Parameters & Features:
          Analog display
          Signal Level Standard: 0.700 : 0.000 : 0.700 V p-p
          Blank level equals black level
          Sync: Separate Composite Serration
          Maximum image size: 27 cm x 20 cm
          Gamma: 2.20
          DPMS levels: Standby Suspend Off
          RGB color display
          First detailed timing is the preferred timing
        Color Characteristics:
          Red  : 0.6416, 0.3486
          Green: 0.2919, 0.5957
          Blue : 0.1474, 0.1250
          White: 0.3125, 0.3281
        Established Timings I & II:
          DMT 0x09:   800x600    60.316541 Hz   4:3     37.879 kHz     40.000000 MHz
        Standard Timings:
          DMT 0x09:   800x600    60.316541 Hz   4:3     37.879 kHz     40.000000 MHz
        Detailed Timing Descriptors:
          DTD 1:   800x600    60.316541 Hz   4:3     37.879 kHz     40.000000 MHz (277 mm x 208 mm)
                       Hfront   40 Hsync 128 Hback   88 Hpol P
                       Vfront    1 Vsync   4 Vback   23 Vpol P
          Display Product Serial Number: 'Linux #0'
          Display Range Limits:
            Monitor ranges (GTF): 59-61 Hz V, 36-38 kHz H, max dotclock 50 MHz
          Display Product Name: 'Linux SVGA'
      Checksum: 0xc2
    
    So, an analog monitor EDID. However, if the connector was an HDMI
    monitor for example, it breaks the HDMI specification that requires,
    among other things, a digital display, the VIC 1 mode and an HDMI Forum
    Vendor Specific Data Block in an CTA-861 extension.
    
    We thus end up with a completely invalid EDID, which thus might confuse
    HDMI-related code that could parse it.
    
    After some discussions on IRC, we identified mainly two ways to fix
    this:
    
      - We can either create more EDIDs for each connector type to provide
        a built-in EDID that matches the resolution passed in the name, and
        still be a sensible EDID for that connector type;
    
      - Or we can just prevent the EDID to be exposed to userspace if it's
        built-in.
    
    Or possibly both.
    
    However, the conclusion was that maybe we just don't need the built-in
    EDIDs at all and we should just get rid of them. So here we are.
    Acked-by: default avatarDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
    Acked-by: default avatarJani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMaxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
    Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20240221092636.691701-1-mripard@kernel.org
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