[PATCH] drm/sun4i: uncouple DSI dotclock divider from TCON0_DCLK_REG

Maxime Ripard maxime at cerno.tech
Mon Mar 27 13:20:45 PDT 2023


Hi,

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 12:40:04PM +0100, Frank Oltmanns wrote:
> On 2023-03-20 at 17:16:36 +0100, Roman Beranek <romanberanek at icloud.com> wrote:
> > In the case of DSI output, the value of SUN4I_TCON0_DCLK_DIV (4) does
> > not represent the actual dotclock divider, PLL_MIPI instead runs at
> > (bpp / lanes )-multiple [1] of the dotclock. [2] Setting 4 as dotclock
> > divder thus leads to reduced frame rate, specifically by 1/3 on 4-lane
> > panels, and by 2/3 on 2-lane panels respectively.
> >
> > As sun4i_dotclock driver stores its calculated divider directly in
> > the register, conditional handling of the DSI output scenario is needed.
> > Instead of reading the divider from SUN4I_TCON0_DCLK_REG, retrieve
> > the value from tcon->dclk_min_div.
> >
> > [1] bits per pixel / number of DSI lanes
> > [2] <https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M64-bsp-4.4/blob/66bef0f2f30b367eb93b1cbad21ce85e0361f7ae/linux-sunxi/drivers/video/fbdev/sunxi/disp2/disp/de/lowlevel_sun50iw1/disp_al.c#L322>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Beranek <romanberanek at icloud.com>
> > —
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_dotclock.c | 6 +++++-
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c     | 5 +++–
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h     | 1 +
> >  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff –git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_dotclock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_dotclock.c
> > index 417ade3d2565..26fa99aff590 100644
> > — a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_dotclock.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_dotclock.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> >
> >  #include “sun4i_tcon.h”
> >  #include “sun4i_dotclock.h”
> > +#include “sun6i_mipi_dsi.h”
> >
> >  struct sun4i_dclk {
> >  	struct clk_hw  hw;
> > @@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ static unsigned long sun4i_dclk_recalc_rate(struct clk_hw *hw,
> >  	struct sun4i_dclk *dclk = hw_to_dclk(hw);
> >  	u32 val;
> >
> > +	if (dclk->tcon->is_dsi)
> > +		return parent_rate / dclk->tcon->dclk_min_div;
> > +
> >  	regmap_read(dclk->regmap, SUN4I_TCON0_DCLK_REG, &val);
> >
> >  	val >>= SUN4I_TCON0_DCLK_DIV_SHIFT;
> > @@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ static int sun4i_dclk_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate,
> >  			       unsigned long parent_rate)
> >  {
> >  	struct sun4i_dclk *dclk = hw_to_dclk(hw);
> > -	u8 div = parent_rate / rate;
> > +	u8 div = dclk->tcon->is_dsi ? SUN6I_DSI_TCON_DIV : parent_rate / rate;
> >
> >  	return regmap_update_bits(dclk->regmap, SUN4I_TCON0_DCLK_REG,
> >  				  GENMASK(6, 0), div);
> > diff –git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
> > index 523a6d787921..7f5d3c135058 100644
> > — a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
> > @@ -367,8 +367,9 @@ static void sun4i_tcon0_mode_set_cpu(struct sun4i_tcon *tcon,
> >  	u32 block_space, start_delay;
> >  	u32 tcon_div;
> >
> > -	tcon->dclk_min_div = SUN6I_DSI_TCON_DIV;
> > -	tcon->dclk_max_div = SUN6I_DSI_TCON_DIV;
> > +	tcon->is_dsi = true;
> > +	tcon->dclk_min_div = bpp / lanes;
> > +	tcon->dclk_max_div = bpp / lanes;
> 
> Claiming to set the divider to a different value (bpp / lanes) than what we’re actually using in
> the end (SUN6I_DSIO_TCON_DIV) is somehow bugging me. I feel like the proposal that I submitted is
> more direct: <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230319160704.9858-2-frank@oltmanns.dev/>

Yeah, this patch looks better to me too: it's simpler, more straightforward. If Roman can confirm it
works with his testing, I'll be happy to merge it.

> Actually, I had the following third patch prepared that adjusted the dotclock rate so that the
> required PLL rate is set. But again, this seems very indirect, so that’s why I refrained from
> submitting it and I submitted the linked patch above instead.
> 
> Anyway, here is the third proposal:
> 
> — a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
> @@ -819,6 +819,34 @@ static void sun6i_dsi_encoder_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
>  	regulator_disable(dsi->regulator);
>  }
> 
> +static bool sun6i_dsi_encoder_mode_fixup(
> ⁃ struct drm_encoder *encoder,
> ⁃ const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
> ⁃ struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode)
> +{
> ⁃ if (encoder->encoder_type == DRM_MODE_ENCODER_DSI) {
> ⁃ /*
> ⁃ * For DSI the PLL rate has to respect the bits per pixel and
> ⁃ * number of lanes.
> ⁃ *
> ⁃ * According to the BSP code:
> ⁃ * PLL rate = DOTCLOCK * bpp / lanes
> ⁃ *
> ⁃ * Therefore, the clock has to be adjusted in order to set the
> ⁃ * correct PLL rate when actually setting the clock.
> ⁃ */
> ⁃ struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = encoder_to_sun6i_dsi(encoder);
> ⁃ struct mipi_dsi_device *device = dsi->device;
> ⁃ u8 bpp = mipi_dsi_pixel_format_to_bpp(device->format);
> ⁃ u8 lanes = device->lanes;
>> 
> ⁃ adjusted_mode->crtc_clock = mode->crtc_clock
> ⁃ * bpp / (lanes * SUN6I_DSI_TCON_DIV);
> ⁃ }
>> 
> ⁃ return true;
> +}
> ⁃ static int sun6i_dsi_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
>   {
>       struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = connector_to_sun6i_dsi(connector);
> @@ -851,6 +879,7 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs sun6i_dsi_connector_funcs = {
>  static const struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs sun6i_dsi_enc_helper_funcs = {
>  	.disable	= sun6i_dsi_encoder_disable,
>  	.enable		= sun6i_dsi_encoder_enable,
> ⁃ .mode_fixup = sun6i_dsi_encoder_mode_fixup,
>   };

It's not clear to me what this patch is supposed to be doing, there's no mode_fixup implementation
upstream?

Maxime



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