[PATCH 2/7] drm/rcar-du: Add support for Renesas R-Car R8A779MD M3Le

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Apr 29 03:10:10 PDT 2026


Hi Marek,

Thanks for your patch!

On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 at 21:37, Marek Vasut
<marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org> wrote:
> Add support the Renesas R-Car R8A779MD M3Le SoC. This SoC is
> similar to R-Car R8A77965 M3-N SoC, except the HDMI port at 1 is
> not present.

"and DU1 is unused." (whatever that may mean...)

>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org>

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
> @@ -564,6 +564,30 @@ static const struct rcar_du_device_info rcar_du_r8a779h0_info = {
>         .dsi_clk_mask = BIT(0),
>  };
>
> +static const struct rcar_du_device_info rcar_du_r8a779md_info = {

Assuming for this review we do need a new compatible value...

> +       .gen = 3,
> +       .features = RCAR_DU_FEATURE_CRTC_IRQ
> +                 | RCAR_DU_FEATURE_CRTC_CLOCK
> +                 | RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE
> +                 | RCAR_DU_FEATURE_INTERLACED
> +                 | RCAR_DU_FEATURE_TVM_SYNC,
> +       .channels_mask = BIT(1) | BIT(0),

 "BIT(3) | BIT(0)", given R-Car M3Le dropped DU1, not DU3?

> +       .routes = {
> +               /* R8A779MD has one RGB output and one LVDS output. */
> +               [RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD0] = {
> +                       .possible_crtcs = BIT(1),
> +                       .port = 0,
> +               },
> +               [RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS0] = {
> +                       .possible_crtcs = BIT(0),
> +                       .port = 2,
> +               },
> +       },
> +       .num_lvds = 1,
> +       .num_rpf = 5,
> +       .dpll_mask = BIT(1),
> +};
> +
>  static const struct of_device_id rcar_du_of_table[] = {
>         { .compatible = "renesas,du-r8a7742", .data = &rcar_du_r8a7790_info },
>         { .compatible = "renesas,du-r8a7743", .data = &rzg1_du_r8a7743_info },

I also don't know where "M3Le does not support 4K output." (which is
a VSP2 limitation) is to be handled.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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