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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c3
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
index d6017726cc2a..ad59a51eab6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ retry:
if (count == 0 && connector->status == connector_status_connected)
count = drm_add_override_edid_modes(connector);
- if (count == 0 && connector->status == connector_status_connected)
+ if (count == 0 && (connector->status == connector_status_connected ||
+ connector->status == connector_status_unknown))
count = drm_add_modes_noedid(connector, 1024, 768);
count += drm_helper_probe_add_cmdline_mode(connector);
if (count == 0)
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
index 16ff3fa148f5..0d184d526a22 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
@@ -866,13 +866,19 @@ struct drm_connector_helper_funcs {
* The usual way to implement this is to cache the EDID retrieved in the
* probe callback somewhere in the driver-private connector structure.
* In this function drivers then parse the modes in the EDID and add
- * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that driver a
+ * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that drive a
* fixed panel can also manually add specific modes using
* drm_mode_probed_add(). Drivers which manually add modes should also
* make sure that the &drm_connector.display_info,
* &drm_connector.width_mm and &drm_connector.height_mm fields are
* filled in.
*
+ * Note that the caller function will automatically add standard VESA
+ * DMT modes up to 1024x768 if the .get_modes() helper operation returns
+ * no mode and if the connector status is connector_status_connected or
+ * connector_status_unknown. There is no need to call
+ * drm_add_modes_noedid() manually in that case.
+ *
* Virtual drivers that just want some standard VESA mode with a given
* resolution can call drm_add_modes_noedid(), and mark the preferred
* one using drm_set_preferred_mode().