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From:
Walter Alejandro Iglesias <wai@roquesor.com>
Subject:
Re: Alder Lake ghosting after wscons screen burner (derived from "Re: Intel GPU, ghosting after zzz or ZZZ")
To:
Vitaliy Makkoveev <mvs@openbsd.org>
Cc:
Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>, Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Thu, 28 May 2026 21:20:51 +0200

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  • Vitaliy Makkoveev:

    Intel GPU, ghosting after zzz or ZZZ

  • +kettenis@
    
    On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 09:05:08PM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
    > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 12:48:37PM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
    > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 08:51:29PM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
    > > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 07:27:47PM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
    > > > > 
    > > > > I found a function defined in ../drm/drm_fb_helper.c,
    > > > > drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked() which restores the entire
    > > > > fbdev display mode (including size).
    > > > > 
    > > > 
    > > > Thanks, this diff completely fixes my issue. ok mvs@
    > > > 
    > > > > Index: i915_driver.c
    > > > > ===================================================================
    > > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915/i915_driver.c,v
    > > > > diff -u -p -u -p -r1.30 i915_driver.c
    > > > > --- i915_driver.c	30 Apr 2026 04:33:06 -0000	1.30
    > > > > +++ i915_driver.c	27 May 2026 13:32:34 -0000
    > > > > @@ -2154,8 +2154,14 @@ inteldrm_burner_cb(void *arg1)
    > > > >  	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = arg1;
    > > > >  	struct drm_device *dev = &dev_priv->drm;
    > > > >  	struct drm_fb_helper *helper = dev->fb_helper;
    > > > > +	struct rasops_info *ri = &dev_priv->ro;
    > > > >  
    > > > >  	drm_fb_helper_blank(dev_priv->burner_fblank, helper->info);
    > > > > +
    > > > > +	if (dev_priv->burner_fblank == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) {
    > > > > +		drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(helper);
    > > > > +		rasops_show_screen(ri, ri->ri_active, 0, NULL, NULL);
    > > > > +	}
    > > > >  }
    > > > >  
    > > > >  int
    > > 
    > > 
    > > To confirm your Alder Lake suffers from two different issues.  I'd like
    > > to know what happens if we remove rasops_show_screen from the diff.
    > > This should avoid the Alder Lake half-line on top but not the ghosting.
    > > 
    > 
    > No ghosting, no half-line. On both machines.
    
    Then that function alone does the trick.  It does a full reset.
    
    If kettenis@ gives us at least some clue of where is the right place to
    fix this, I'll try to investigate a new way.
    
    
    > 
    > > 
    > > Index: i915_driver.c
    > > ===================================================================
    > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915/i915_driver.c,v
    > > diff -u -p -u -p -r1.30 i915_driver.c
    > > --- i915_driver.c	30 Apr 2026 04:33:06 -0000	1.30
    > > +++ i915_driver.c	28 May 2026 10:41:46 -0000
    > > @@ -2156,6 +2156,8 @@ inteldrm_burner_cb(void *arg1)
    > >  	struct drm_fb_helper *helper = dev->fb_helper;
    > >  
    > >  	drm_fb_helper_blank(dev_priv->burner_fblank, helper->info);
    > > +	if (dev_priv->burner_fblank == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK && helper)
    >                                                            ^^^^^^
    >  This check is useless, we have `helper' dereference in previous line.
    
    Yeah, right.
    
    
    > > +		drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(helper);
    > >  }
    > >  
    > >  int
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > -- 
    > > Walter
    
    -- 
    Walter
    
    
  • Vitaliy Makkoveev:

    Intel GPU, ghosting after zzz or ZZZ