Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge: dw-hdmi-qp: Return -EOPNOTSUPP in HDMI audio functions

Hi all,

On Tuesday, 19 May 2026 14:00:11 EDT Detlev Casanova wrote:
> -EOPNOTSUPP is not logged as an error by the ASoC subsystem, but -ENODEV
> is.
> It also better represents the situation: The operation is currently not
> supported (because clocks are not enabled and tmds_char_rate is
> unavailable), but the hardware is present.
> 
> Using -EOPNOTSUPP in the audio_prepare callback removes possible repeated
> warning log lines when HDMI is not connected.
> 
> Returning -EOPNOTSUPP in the audio_enable callback is also needed as it
> avoids logging 0-valued ELD errors.
> 
> When tmds_char_rate is available, the clocks are enabled and the
> functions will keep returning 0 as before.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>

Gentle nudge on this one.

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-qp.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-qp.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-qp.c index
> d649a1cf07f5..270c8c47d853 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-qp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-qp.c
> @@ -469,8 +469,10 @@ static int dw_hdmi_qp_audio_enable(struct drm_bridge
> *bridge, {
>  	struct dw_hdmi_qp *hdmi = dw_hdmi_qp_from_bridge(bridge);
> 
> -	if (hdmi->tmds_char_rate)
> -		dw_hdmi_qp_mod(hdmi, 0, 
AVP_DATAPATH_PACKET_AUDIO_SWDISABLE,
> GLOBAL_SWDISABLE); +	if (!hdmi->tmds_char_rate)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> +	dw_hdmi_qp_mod(hdmi, 0, AVP_DATAPATH_PACKET_AUDIO_SWDISABLE,
> GLOBAL_SWDISABLE);
> 
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ static int dw_hdmi_qp_audio_prepare(struct drm_bridge
> *bridge, bool ref2stream = false;
> 
>  	if (!hdmi->tmds_char_rate)
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
>  	if (fmt->bit_clk_provider | fmt->frame_clk_provider) {
>  		dev_err(hdmi->dev, "unsupported clock settings\n");
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 1a2ab0feaa23147e347b4d4cb79cb3fc392118eb
> change-id: 20260519-fix-hdmi-audio-warnings-139062ec00b9
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>