[PATCH v12 1/3] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: Add OF graph support for board path
Rob Herring
robh at kernel.org
Wed Oct 16 09:09:49 PDT 2024
On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com> wrote:
>
> Il 16/10/24 16:00, Rob Herring ha scritto:
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 4:23 AM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
> > <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Il 15/10/24 15:48, Rob Herring ha scritto:
> >>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:32:22AM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> >>>> Il 14/10/24 19:36, Rob Herring ha scritto:
> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 3:51 AM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
> >>>>> <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The display IPs in MediaTek SoCs support being interconnected with
> >>>>>> different instances of DDP IPs (for example, merge0 or merge1) and/or
> >>>>>> with different DDP IPs (for example, rdma can be connected with either
> >>>>>> color, dpi, dsi, merge, etc), forming a full Display Data Path that
> >>>>>> ends with an actual display.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The final display pipeline is effectively board specific, as it does
> >>>>>> depend on the display that is attached to it, and eventually on the
> >>>>>> sensors supported by the board (for example, Adaptive Ambient Light
> >>>>>> would need an Ambient Light Sensor, otherwise it's pointless!), other
> >>>>>> than the output type.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Add support for OF graphs to most of the MediaTek DDP (display) bindings
> >>>>>> to add flexibility to build custom hardware paths, hence enabling board
> >>>>>> specific configuration of the display pipeline and allowing to finally
> >>>>>> migrate away from using hardcoded paths.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org>
> >>>>>> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Mergnat <amergnat at baylibre.com>
> >>>>>> Tested-by: Alexandre Mergnat <amergnat at baylibre.com>
> >>>>>> Reviewed-by: CK Hu <ck.hu at mediatek.com>
> >>>>>> Tested-by: Michael Walle <mwalle at kernel.org> # on kontron-sbc-i1200
> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,aal.yaml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,ccorr.yaml | 21 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,color.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,dither.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml | 25 +++++++++++-
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,dsc.yaml | 24 +++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,dsi.yaml | 27 ++++++++++++-
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,ethdr.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,gamma.yaml | 19 +++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,merge.yaml | 23 +++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,od.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,ovl-2l.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,ovl.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,postmask.yaml | 21 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,rdma.yaml | 22 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> .../display/mediatek/mediatek,ufoe.yaml | 21 ++++++++++
> >>>>>> 16 files changed, 372 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,aal.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,aal.yaml
> >>>>>> index cf24434854ff..47ddba5c41af 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,aal.yaml
> >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,aal.yaml
> >>>>>> @@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ properties:
> >>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> >>>>>> maxItems: 1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> + ports:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + Input and output ports can have multiple endpoints, each of those
> >>>>>> + connects to either the primary, secondary, etc, display pipeline.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + properties:
> >>>>>> + port at 0:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: AAL input port
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + AAL output to the next component's input, for example could be one
> >>>>>> + of many gamma, overdrive or other blocks.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + required:
> >>>>>> + - port at 0
> >>>>>> + - port at 1
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> required:
> >>>>>> - compatible
> >>>>>> - reg
> >>>>>> @@ -89,5 +110,24 @@ examples:
> >>>>>> power-domains = <&scpsys MT8173_POWER_DOMAIN_MM>;
> >>>>>> clocks = <&mmsys CLK_MM_DISP_AAL>;
> >>>>>> mediatek,gce-client-reg = <&gce SUBSYS_1401XXXX 0x5000 0x1000>;
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + ports {
> >>>>>> + #address-cells = <1>;
> >>>>>> + #size-cells = <0>;
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 0 {
> >>>>>> + reg = <0>;
> >>>>>> + aal0_in: endpoint {
> >>>>>> + remote-endpoint = <&ccorr0_out>;
> >>>>>> + };
> >>>>>> + };
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1 {
> >>>>>> + reg = <1>;
> >>>>>> + aal0_out: endpoint {
> >>>>>> + remote-endpoint = <&gamma0_in>;
> >>>>>> + };
> >>>>>> + };
> >>>>>> + };
> >>>>>> };
> >>>>>> };
> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,ccorr.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,ccorr.yaml
> >>>>>> index 9f8366763831..fca8e7bb0cbc 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,ccorr.yaml
> >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,ccorr.yaml
> >>>>>> @@ -57,6 +57,27 @@ properties:
> >>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> >>>>>> maxItems: 1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> + ports:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + Input and output ports can have multiple endpoints, each of those
> >>>>>> + connects to either the primary, secondary, etc, display pipeline.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + properties:
> >>>>>> + port at 0:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: CCORR input port
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + CCORR output to the input of the next desired component in the
> >>>>>> + display pipeline, usually only one of the available AAL blocks.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + required:
> >>>>>> + - port at 0
> >>>>>> + - port at 1
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> required:
> >>>>>> - compatible
> >>>>>> - reg
> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,color.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,color.yaml
> >>>>>> index 7df786bbad20..6160439ce4d7 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,color.yaml
> >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,color.yaml
> >>>>>> @@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ properties:
> >>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> >>>>>> maxItems: 1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> + ports:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + Input and output ports can have multiple endpoints, each of those
> >>>>>> + connects to either the primary, secondary, etc, display pipeline.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + properties:
> >>>>>> + port at 0:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: COLOR input port
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + COLOR output to the input of the next desired component in the
> >>>>>> + display pipeline, for example one of the available CCORR or AAL
> >>>>>> + blocks.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + required:
> >>>>>> + - port at 0
> >>>>>> + - port at 1
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> required:
> >>>>>> - compatible
> >>>>>> - reg
> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dither.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dither.yaml
> >>>>>> index 6fceb1f95d2a..abaf27916d13 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dither.yaml
> >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dither.yaml
> >>>>>> @@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ properties:
> >>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> >>>>>> maxItems: 1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> + ports:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + Input and output ports can have multiple endpoints, each of those
> >>>>>> + connects to either the primary, secondary, etc, display pipeline.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + properties:
> >>>>>> + port at 0:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: DITHER input, usually from a POSTMASK or GAMMA block.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description:
> >>>>>> + DITHER output to the input of the next desired component in the
> >>>>>> + display pipeline, for example one of the available DSC compressors,
> >>>>>> + DP_INTF, DSI, LVDS or others.
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + required:
> >>>>>> + - port at 0
> >>>>>> + - port at 1
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> required:
> >>>>>> - compatible
> >>>>>> - reg
> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml
> >>>>>> index 3a82aec9021c..b567e3d58aa1 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml
> >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml
> >>>>>> @@ -71,13 +71,34 @@ properties:
> >>>>>> Output port node. This port should be connected to the input port of an
> >>>>>> attached HDMI, LVDS or DisplayPort encoder chip.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> + ports:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + properties:
> >>>>>> + port at 0:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: DPI input port
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + port at 1:
> >>>>>> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/port
> >>>>>> + description: DPI output to an HDMI, LVDS or DisplayPort encoder input
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is wrong. The existing 'port' is the output. 'port' and 'port at 0'
> >>>>> are treated as the same thing. Since you are adding an input port, the
> >>>>> new port has to be 'port at 1' (or any number but 0).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I haven't looked at the driver code, but it should request port 0 and
> >>>>> always get the output port. And requesting port 1 will return an error
> >>>>> or the input port.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello Rob,
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to remind you that in v2 of this series you said that it'd be wrong for
> >>>> port at 0 to be an output, I replied that you misread that as I had modeled it indeed
> >>>> as an input, and then you gave me your Reviewed-by tag.
> >>>
> >>> I have not misread it. Then I guess I forgot about it and missed it the
> >>> next time on v3.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Okay, that was some misunderstanding then - it's fine, no problem.
> >>
> >>>> Anyway - I get your concern about the previous behavior of `port`, but I chose to
> >>>> model this that way purely for consistency.
> >>>>
> >>>> First of all - the driver(s) will check if we're feeding a full graph, as it will
> >>>> indeed first check if port at 1 is present: if it is, then it follows this scheme with
> >>>> port at 0 as INPUT and port at 1 as OUTPUT.
> >>>> If the component in port at 0 is an OUTPUT, the bridge attach will fail.
> >>>>
> >>>> Getting to bindings themselves, then... it would be a mistake to model port at 0 as an
> >>>> output and port at 1 as an input, because that would be not only inconsistent with the
> >>>> DRM Bridge bindings, but would be highly confusing when reading the devicetree.
> >>>
> >>> Somewhat confusing, yes. Highly, no. Put a comment in the DT.
> >>>
> >>
> >> "Somewhat or highly" boils down to personal opinion, so I still go for "highly"
> >> but won't argue about that as wouldn't be productive and would bring us nowhere
> >> anyway, so, whatever :-)
> >>
> >> Putting a comment in DT is an option, yes, but that comment would need to be put
> >> on all of the MediaTek SoC device trees - current and future - and IMO would scream
> >> "inconsistency warning" (in different words, of course) all over, which honestly
> >> doesn't really look clean... at least to my eyes...
> >
> > What I find more confusing is my updated DT doesn't work with my
> > existing kernel...
> >
> >>>> Please note that the bridge bindings are always declaring port at 0 as an INPUT and
> >>>> other ports as OUTPUT(s).
> >>>
> >>> There is no guarantee on that. Port numbering is local to the bridge and
> >>> opaque to anything outside that bridge. That is why you have to document
> >>> what each port represents.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I know and I agree that there's no guarantee on the numbering. I can see that in
> >> other non-drm-bridge bindings, and that's fine.
> >>
> >>> Would we have followed that convention if all the ports were defined
> >>> from the start? Certainly. But that didn't happen and you are stuck with
> >>> the existing binding and ABI.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I thought about adding a new compatible for the new port scheme, but that looked
> >> even worse to me as, after doing that (yeah, I actually went for it in the first
> >> version that I have never sent upstream) during my own proof-read I started
> >> screaming "HACK! HACK! NOOO!" all over, and rewritten the entire thing.
> >>
> >>>> As an example, you can check display/bridge/analogix,anx7625.yaml or
> >>>> display/bridge/samsung,mipi-dsim.yaml (and others) for bridges, otherwise
> >>>> display/st,stm32mp25-lvds.yaml or display/allwinner,sun4i-a10-display-frontend.yaml
> >>>> (and others) for display controllers, which do all conform to this logic, where
> >>>> the input is always @0, and the output is @1.
> >>>>
> >>>> Of course, doing this required me to do extra changes to the MTK DRM drivers to
> >>>> actually be retro-compatible with the old devicetrees as I explained before.
> >>>
> >>> You can't fix existing software...
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's true, but I don't see that as an "excuse" (grant me this term please) to
> >> "carelessly" keep it in a suboptimal state.
> >>
> >> This driver has been growing almost uncontrollably with (wrong, anyway!)
> >> board-specific component vectors - and writing a new one would just add up
> >> more code duplication to the mix and/or worsen the maintainability of older
> >> MediaTek SoCs (as the "old" driver will get forgotten and never updated anymore).
> >>
> >>> If you want to break the ABI, then that's ultimately up to you and
> >>> Mediatek maintainers to decide0. This case is easy to avoid, why would
> >>> you knowingly break the ABI here.
> >>
> >> Because if we don't do this, we condemn (forever) this driver, or part of it
> >> to have an inverted port scheme compared to either:
> >> A. The other drm/mediatek components; or
> >> B. The other bridge drivers (of which, some are used with MTK as well)
> >>
> >> ...and we also condemn (forever, again) all MediaTek device trees to scream
> >> "port inconsistency warning: A for drm/mediatek components, B for every other
> >> thing", which would scream "drm/mediatek is somewhat broken", which can be
> >> avoided.
> >
> > Sure. The cost is just an ABI break to do that.
> >
> >>> OTOH, this seems like a big enough
> >>> change I would imagine it is a matter of time before supporting a
> >>> missing OF graph for the components will be a problem.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Sorry I didn't understand this part, can you please-please-please reword?
> >
> > I think keeping the kernel working with the old and new binding will
> > be a challenge. Partly because testing with the old binding won't
> > happen, but also if the binding and drivers continue to evolve. So
> > while maintaining old ABI might be possible with this change, it will
> > continue to be an issue with each change.
>
> That's... exactly my point, so I am happy that we agree on that.
>
> > BTW, did you actually test
> > backwards compatibility with this? I can see you fallback to the old
> > binding, but there's a lot of other changes in there I can't really
> > tell by looking at it.
>
>
> Short answer: Yes, largely
>
> Long answer:
>
> Yes, with this series applied, I have tested both *old* and *new* devicetrees on
> 7 boards with 4 different SoCs and different display pipelines (hence, graphs):
> one smartphone (MT6795), a "bunch of" Chromebooks (MT8173, MT8186, MT8195), and
> a SBC (MT8195).
>
> Of course those had DSI or eDP displays, with or without DisplayPort external
> display support.
>
> >
> > What I haven't heard from you is "yes, we need to maintain the ABI" or
> > "no, we can break it". Decide that, then the path here is simple.
>
> No, we have to break it.
Okay, then my reviewed-by stands. But please make it clear in the
binding and dts commit msgs that it is an ABI break.
Rob
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