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From ab3595bc4ff328ec90d20714f8e2674f3abfa2cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:52:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915/opregion: let user specify override VBT via firmware load
Git-commit: ab3595bc4ff328ec90d20714f8e2674f3abfa2cd
Patch-mainline: v4.14-rc1
References: FATE#322643 bsc#1055900

Sometimes it would be most enlightening to debug systems by replacing
the VBT to be used. For example, in the referenced bug the BIOS provides
different VBT depending on the boot mode (UEFI vs. legacy). It would be
interesting to try the failing boot mode with the VBT from the working
boot, and see if that makes a difference.

Add a module parameter to load the VBT using the firmware loader, not
unlike the EDID firmware mechanism.

As a starting point for experimenting, one can pick up the BIOS provided
VBT from /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_opregion/i915_vbt.

V2: clarify firmware load return value check (Bob)

V3: kfree the loaded firmware blob

References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97822#c83
Reviewed-by: Bob Paauwe <bob.j.paauwe@intel.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20170817115209.25912-1-jani.nikula@intel.com
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h       |    1 
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c    |    4 +++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h    |    1 
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c |   45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ struct intel_opregion {
 	u32 swsci_sbcb_sub_functions;
 	struct opregion_asle *asle;
 	void *rvda;
+	void *vbt_firmware;
 	const void *vbt;
 	u32 vbt_size;
 	u32 *lid_state;
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(vbt_sdvo_panel_type,
 module_param_named_unsafe(reset, i915.reset, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(reset, "Attempt GPU resets (0=disabled, 1=full gpu reset, 2=engine reset [default])");
 
+module_param_named_unsafe(vbt_firmware, i915.vbt_firmware, charp, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(vbt_firmware,
+		 "Load VBT from specified file under /lib/firmware");
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_CAPTURE_ERROR)
 module_param_named(error_capture, i915.error_capture, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(error_capture,
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/cache.h> /* for __read_mostly */
 
 #define I915_PARAMS_FOR_EACH(func) \
+	func(char *, vbt_firmware); \
 	func(int, modeset); \
 	func(int, panel_ignore_lid); \
 	func(int, semaphores); \
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <acpi/video.h>
 
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
@@ -829,6 +830,10 @@ void intel_opregion_unregister(struct dr
 		memunmap(opregion->rvda);
 		opregion->rvda = NULL;
 	}
+	if (opregion->vbt_firmware) {
+		kfree(opregion->vbt_firmware);
+		opregion->vbt_firmware = NULL;
+	}
 	opregion->header = NULL;
 	opregion->acpi = NULL;
 	opregion->swsci = NULL;
@@ -912,6 +917,43 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id intel_
 	{ }
 };
 
+static int intel_load_vbt_firmware(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	struct intel_opregion *opregion = &dev_priv->opregion;
+	const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
+	const char *name = i915.vbt_firmware;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!name || !*name)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	ret = request_firmware(&fw, name, &dev_priv->drm.pdev->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		DRM_ERROR("Requesting VBT firmware \"%s\" failed (%d)\n",
+			  name, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (intel_bios_is_valid_vbt(fw->data, fw->size)) {
+		opregion->vbt_firmware = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (opregion->vbt_firmware) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Found valid VBT firmware \"%s\"\n", name);
+			opregion->vbt = opregion->vbt_firmware;
+			opregion->vbt_size = fw->size;
+			ret = 0;
+		} else {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	} else {
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Invalid VBT firmware \"%s\"\n", name);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	release_firmware(fw);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int intel_opregion_setup(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	struct intel_opregion *opregion = &dev_priv->opregion;
@@ -974,6 +1016,9 @@ int intel_opregion_setup(struct drm_i915
 	if (mboxes & MBOX_ASLE_EXT)
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("ASLE extension supported\n");
 
+	if (intel_load_vbt_firmware(dev_priv) == 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (dmi_check_system(intel_no_opregion_vbt))
 		goto out;