From 09e5e2a248fc6b0a8d4c60c3f2072bb252d54ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JoniVR <joni.vr@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 20:26:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(Intel): hacky workaround for ddc unreliability

Requires a proper fix in the future, see:
#478
---
 MonitorControl/Model/ExternalDisplay.swift | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MonitorControl/Model/ExternalDisplay.swift b/MonitorControl/Model/ExternalDisplay.swift
index 967bbe4..9148a76 100644
--- a/MonitorControl/Model/ExternalDisplay.swift
+++ b/MonitorControl/Model/ExternalDisplay.swift
@@ -286,8 +286,13 @@ class ExternalDisplay: Display {
       return self.arm64ddcComm(send: &send, reply: &reply)
 
     #else
-
-      return self.ddc?.write(command: command, value: value, errorRecoveryWaitTime: 2000)
+      // NOTE: Loop is a hacky workaround that should probably be removed as it wasn't necessary before and makes things choppy.
+      // SEE: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/478
+      var success = false
+      for _ in 1 ... 2 {
+        success = self.ddc?.write(command: command, value: value, errorRecoveryWaitTime: 2000) ?? false
+      }
+      return success
 
     #endif
   }