Re: [Intel-gfx] [alsa-devel] USB Type-C monitor flashes once when play a video file after unplug and re-plug the monitor

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:07:17 +0100,
<Lucien_Kao@compal.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Takashi
> 
> Is the attachment what you suspect? That merged to our kernel v4.19 already, have any suggestions? Thanks.

Then I have no concrete idea.  It might be some other changes in HDMI
codec driver or it might be a fix in i915 graphics side, or even
thunderbolt or whatever, too...


Takashi

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 2:57 AM
> To: Nathan Ciobanu <nathan.d.ciobanu@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Kao. Lucien (TPE) <Lucien_Kao@compal.com>; Cheng. AJ (TPE) <AJ_Cheng@compal.com>; intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org; alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; Wang. CindyXT (TPE) <CindyXT_Wang@compal.com>; Ye. Nelson (TPE) <Nelson_Ye@compal.com>; Yap. Shane (TPE) <Shane_Yap@compal.com>; Tseng. Evan (TPE) <Evan_Tseng@compal.com>
> Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] USB Type-C monitor flashes once when play a video file after unplug and re-plug the monitor
> 
> On Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:24:57 +0100,
> Nathan Ciobanu wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:08:04AM +0000, Lucien_Kao@compal.com wrote:
> > > Hi Takashi
> > > 
> > > We verified on Ubuntu 19.10 with kernel 5.4.0.0-050400-generic (please refer to attachment), the result is positive which symptom doesn't happen anymore once I played music or video sound output through Dell S2718D Type-C monitor. It seems had some fix in latest kernel.
> > 
> > Takashi, can you point to the patch series you suspect may have fixed this issue? 
> 
> The first suspect would be
> 2756d9143aa517b97961e85412882b8ce31371a6
>     ALSA: hda - Fix intermittent CORB/RIRB stall on Intel chips
> 
> Takashi
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nathan
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 5:16 PM
> > > To: Cheng. AJ (TPE) <AJ_Cheng@compal.com>
> > > Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org; alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; 
> > > nathan.d.ciobanu@linux.intel.com; Wang. CindyXT (TPE) 
> > > <CindyXT_Wang@compal.com>; Ye. Nelson (TPE) <Nelson_Ye@compal.com>; 
> > > Yap. Shane (TPE) <Shane_Yap@compal.com>; Kao. Lucien (TPE) 
> > > <Lucien_Kao@compal.com>; Tseng. Evan (TPE) <Evan_Tseng@compal.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] USB Type-C monitor flashes once when play 
> > > a video file after unplug and re-plug the monitor
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:57:03 +0100,
> > > <AJ_Cheng@compal.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Sirs,
> > > >         Here is chromebook SW team from Compal.
> > > > As the mail title, we hit issue that the external monitor will flash once when play video after hot pluging.
> > > > We can reproduce not only on chromebook but also ubuntu 16.04.
> > > > There has higher failure rate with Dell Solomon dock and Dell S2718D monitor.
> > > > 
> > > > We found adding the delay in "sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c " can fix 
> > > > this issue.(as the attachment) May need your help to review and advice. Thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > Here is the issue number in gitlab for more detail.
> > > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/issues/318
> > > 
> > > Could you check whether it still happens with the latest upstream kernel, at least 5.4.y, if it wasn't tested yet?
> > > 
> > > I don't want to put a long delay just because of random reason unless it's really mandatory.  I'm wondering whether the recent write-sync change improves the situation, so let's check the recent code.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > Takashi
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > AJ Cheng
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> > > > COMPAL Electronics, Inc.
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