diff mbox series

[2/5] drm_dp_cec: add note about good MegaChips 2900 CEC support

Message ID 20180816105319.6411-3-hverkuil@xs4all.nl (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Headers show
Series drm/nouveau+amdgpu: add DP CEC-Tunneling-over-AUX | expand

Commit Message

Hans Verkuil Aug. 16, 2018, 10:53 a.m. UTC 
From: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>

A big problem with DP CEC-Tunneling-over-AUX is that it is tricky
to find adapters with a chipset that supports this AND where the
manufacturer actually connected the HDMI CEC line to the chipset.

Add a mention of the MegaChips 2900 chipset which seems to support
this feature well.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_cec.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_cec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_cec.c
index 1407b13a8d5d..8a718f85079a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_cec.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_cec.c
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ 
  * here. Quite a few active (mini-)DP-to-HDMI or USB-C-to-HDMI adapters
  * have a converter chip that supports CEC-Tunneling-over-AUX (usually the
  * Parade PS176), but they do not wire up the CEC pin, thus making CEC
- * useless.
+ * useless. Note that MegaChips 2900-based adapters appear to have good
+ * support for CEC tunneling. Those adapters that I have tested using
+ * this chipset all have the CEC line connected.
  *
  * Sadly there is no way for this driver to know this. What happens is
  * that a /dev/cecX device is created that is isolated and unable to see