[scottjones]

Summary

Fixes #448

The J514M runs the same J516C 14.7 DCP image as the J516M, but its board record was missing the two flags #429 gave the J516M. Without them, the 120 Hz panel presents at 60 fps, and no backlight device is registered (IOMFB: Could not find Backlight service). This PR gives the J514M the same settings.

 static const struct dcp_v14_board dcp_v14_board_j514m = {
 	...
 	.promotion = true,
 	.log_bringup = true,
+	.swap_timestamps = true,
+	.panel_nits = true,
 };

 dcp_v14_panel_nits_admit()
 	... || machine_is(ctx, "apple,j516m")
+	    || machine_is(ctx, "apple,j514m")

The tests that held the old values are flipped: v14_board_j514m (KUnit) and the J514M record check in tools/asahi/t6034-display-tests.py. v14_bl_boards now also admits the J514M root.

Evidence

• Before: On edge aurora16, from j514m: built-in panel presents 60 fps at 120 Hz and has no brightness control on aurora16 (board record lacks .swap_timestamps / .panel_nits) #448 (Eric's J514M): 60.00 fps in the 120 Hz mode, measured with the GTK 4 frame clock. /sys/class/backlight is empty.
  After: From j514m (MacBook Pro 14-inch, M3 Max, 14 CPU cores): test results #333, two J514M owners (webdevtodayjason and techgyani) running this same change: 120.07 fps, apple-panel-bl max 500, and brightnessctl set and restore works.

• Host tests on this branch, all passing:

  • t6034-display-tests.py, dcp14-panel-tests.py, dcp14-backlight-tests.py;
  • t6030-display-admission-tests.py --mutations;
  • g15-display-order-tests.py, g15-t6034-profile-tests.py, g15-zero-words-tests.py, g15-j514c-display-default-tests.py.

  The flipped t6034-display-tests.py fails against the old J514M record.

• Kernel build: clean with the aurora16 config. The display KUnit files compile with CONFIG_DRM_APPLE_DISPLAY_KUNIT_TEST=y, but weren't run.

• Hardware: this branch itself hasn't been tested on a J514M yet. The steps are below.

Test on a J514M

CI built this PR merged onto aurora16 (bed544b + 0c6c113): Kernel CI run 43150587224. Download the kernel-package-… artifact from that page (you need to be signed in to GitHub; it's kept for 14 days) and unzip it. It contains:

• linux-aurora-7.2.11.aurora16-1.782-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst, sha256 0e411668b9cbbfcdcd38c96b5e8a76a1177c5bdb40748b15d0ea426ed47354b7
• linux-aurora-headers-7.2.11.aurora16-1.782-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst, sha256 d4bd140ca6f09b89c421079f57c03aefb6b9951566895d36b488e9a9d72d811f (only needed if you have linux-aurora-headers installed)

This build replaces your stock linux-aurora (7.2.11.aurora16-1); it doesn't install next to it. The rollback steps are below.

1. Check and install it:

   sha256sum linux-aurora-*7.2.11.aurora16-1.782-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
   sudo pacman -U ./linux-aurora-7.2.11.aurora16-1.782-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
   # only if linux-aurora-headers is installed:
   sudo pacman -U ./linux-aurora-headers-7.2.11.aurora16-1.782-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst

2. Reboot normally, then check it's the test build: uname -r should print 7.2.11-16-1.782-ARCH (stock is 7.2.11-16-1-ARCH).
3. Brightness:

   ls /sys/class/backlight                       # apple-panel-bl
   brightnessctl -d apple-panel-bl max           # 500
   brightnessctl -d apple-panel-bl set 30%       # panel dims
   brightnessctl -d apple-panel-bl set 100%      # and comes back
   sudo dmesg | grep -i "Could not find Backlight service"   # should print nothing

   The brightness keys should work too.
4. 120 Hz: run the same GTK 4 frame clock check as in j514m: built-in panel presents 60 fps at 120 Hz and has no brightness control on aurora16 (board record lacks .swap_timestamps / .panel_nits) #448. It should show about 120 fps and a median interval of about 8.33 ms.
5. Optional: one lid-close suspend and resume, then check steps 3 and 4 again.
6. Post uname -r, the output of steps 3 and 4, and sudo dmesg | grep -iE "dcp|iomfb|backlight" | tail -40 here.

To go back to stock:

sudo pacman -Syuu    # -uu lets pacman downgrade to the repo's 7.2.11.aurora16-1

Or, offline, reinstall the stock package from your cache:

sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-aurora-7.2.11.aurora16-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
# plus the matching linux-aurora-headers package if you had it

Then reboot and check uname -r is back to 7.2.11-16-1-ARCH.

The change only touches the J514M panel settings, and CI's boot test passes, but that test runs in an emulator, not on a Mac. If the test kernel doesn't reach a login, say so here before trying anything else.

Merge Danger

Door: two-way

Two flags on one board record, plus one machine-list entry. Reverting the commit restores the old behaviour.

Blast Radius: J514M only

Only apple,j514m on apple,t6034 with the pinned J516C image is affected. Other boards' records and the external display role are unchanged: dcp_v14_board_stamps_swaps() still skips the external role.

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[scottjones]

Fixes #448. @Faeric a test build of this PR is ready: CI run 43150587224, kernel-package-… artifact. Install, check and rollback steps are in "Test on a J514M" above.

[maralcbr]

Thanks @scottjones, this is the right fix and it's tightly scoped. I found no blockers.

The J514M record now matches the J516M's (iomfb_v14_7.c:250-253 vs :215-218) on the same pinned J516C image, and dcp_v14_board_admits still refuses any other image at probe (:1800-1804). The nits path still needs both the record flag and an admitted root (:1766-1770), and it only reaches the internal role (:397). Swap stamps still skip the external role (:1780), and the new asserts at v14-board-test.c:131-132 pin both sides. The flipped checks are real flips, not loosened ones: t6034-display-tests.py:54 now requires both flags on the J514M record. CI passed: compile, boot, the KUnit job (its aurora.kunitconfig enables the display suites) and the tools host tests, which run t6034-display-tests.py.

Nits, fine as follow-ups:

• Stale comments on which boards stamp. v14-board-test.c:6-8 and :248 still say only T6031/J516C records stamp their swaps. Suggest: "the internal panel of a record with swap_timestamps set (J516C, J516M, J514M)". Please don't describe it by firmware image: the J514C runs the same image and doesn't stamp (v14-board-test.c:261).
• Pre-existing: the J514M record's comment at iomfb_v14_7.c:239 mentions panel geometry, but the record has none. It's worth rewording sometime.

Behaviour change to note: J514Ms on a normal boot now get stamped swaps and apple-panel-bl by default, with only apple_t6034_display.enable=0 as an opt-out. That matches the J516M. Accepting it is Marcelo's call.

This build itself hasn't run on a J514M yet, so release stays gated on a hardware report at this head. That means the steps in the PR body, ideally with one lid-close resume.

Reviewed at 0c6c113ac69c.

— Marcelo's agent

[scottjones]

Comment nits fixed in cbe32f3: the v14-board-test.c header and the v14_board_swap_timestamps comment now name the records by swap_timestamps (J516C, J516M, J514M), and the J514M record comment in iomfb_v14_7.c no longer mentions panel geometry. Comment-only; t6034-display-tests.py passes and the display KUnit objects compile.

[Faeric]

Tested the CI package from run 43150587224 on my J514M (14" M3 Max, 14 CPU / 30 GPU, os-fw 14.7, Omarchy edge, Hyprland 0.57.1). Works.

Kernel: uname -r prints 7.2.11-16-1.782-ARCH (linux-aurora and linux-aurora-headers 7.2.11.aurora16-1.782).

Brightness: pass

• /sys/class/backlight now lists apple-panel-bl; brightnessctl -d apple-panel-bl max prints 500.
• Set 60 → 500 → 140 with brightnessctl: brightness and actual_brightness follow each step, and DCP logs brightness_changed for each.
• Brightness keys dim the panel and bring it back.

120 Hz: pass

Test	Before (aurora16-1)	With this build
vkcube --wsi wayland --present_mode 2, fullscreen, 2400 frames	not measured	119.7 fps (includes startup)
GTK 4 frame clock, fullscreen, 8 s	60.00 fps (windowed)	98% of intervals ≤ 10 ms, median 8.8 ms

When the test window shares the screen with a busy terminal, I get about 83 to 90 fps: roughly 60% of frames at 8.3 ms and the rest at about 16.7 ms. That happens with both vkcube and GTK. Fullscreen gets the full rate, so this looks like compositing in Hyprland, not this patch. Before this build, the same windowed test sat at exactly 60.00 fps.

No new kernel errors or DCP warnings during the tests.

[maralcbr]

@scottjones re-reviewed at cbe32f3: both comment nits are fixed, and I found no blockers.

• The v14-board-test.c header (:6-9) and the v14_board_swap_timestamps comment (:249-252) now name the records by swap_timestamps. That matches the tree: J516C, J516M and J514M are the only v14 records that set it (iomfb_v14_7.c:192, :216, :251), and the J514C record doesn't.
• iomfb_v14_7.c:239 no longer mentions panel geometry. The record still sets none.

The interdiff only touches comments, so last round's code review still applies. The nits path still needs both the record flag and an admitted root (iomfb_v14_7.c:1766-1770), and swap stamps still skip the external role (:1780). CI passes on compile, boot, KUnit and all three host-test jobs. "attest" and "approve" were skipped, and neither is a test.

Behaviour change, unchanged from last round: J514Ms on a normal boot now get stamped swaps and apple-panel-bl by default, with only apple_t6034_display.enable=0 as an opt-out, the same as the J516M in #429. Accepting it is Marcelo's call.

On release: thanks @Faeric for the J514M report. It shows brightness and 120 Hz working on the 0c6c113 build, and that build has the same code as this head. The step 6 dmesg output isn't posted yet, and there's no lid-close resume. Whether that's enough for release is Marcelo's call.

Reviewed at cbe32f37b285.

— Marcelo's agent

[ramonvg]

Tested the CI package from run 43150587224 on my J514M (MacBook Pro 14", M3 Max, 14 CPU / 30 GPU), Omarchy edge. Works.

• uname -r: 7.2.11-16-1.782-ARCH
• /sys/class/backlight: apple-panel-bl, max_brightness 500
• Brightness keys dim and restore the panel
• hyprctl monitors: eDP-1 3024x1964@120.00, motion visibly smoother than on stock aurora16

Thanks for the fix.