[PATCH V3 0/9] arm64: imx8mn: Enable more imx8m Nano functions

[Adam Ford]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 8:08 AM Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 3:52 PM Tim Harvey <tharvey at gateworks.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 10:20 AM Lucas Stach <l.stach at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Am Montag, dem 22.11.2021 um 09:59 -0800 schrieb Tim Harvey:
> > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:25 AM Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 8:34 AM Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 8:21 AM Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Adam,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 11:17 AM Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I am using https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-atf/log/?h=lf_v2.4
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Since the driver sending SMCC commands to ATF isn't doing that, I
> > > > > > > > assume it's safe to use the linux power-domain drivers with the ATF
> > > > > > > > from NXP's kernel.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If you can point me to the repo you think I should be using, I'll give it a try.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do you know if the mainline TF-A repo v2.5 works too?
> > > > > > > https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/tree/v2.5
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's good to know.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just built it into U-Boot:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > NOTICE:  BL31: v2.5(release):v2.5
> > > > > > NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 08:24:13, Nov 21 2021
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Etnaviv driver is still loading without hanging
> > > > > >
> > > > > > root at beacon-imx8mn-kit:~# dmesg |grep -i etna
> > > > > > [   12.393936] etnaviv etnaviv: bound 38000000.gpu (ops gpu_ops [etnaviv])
> > > > > > [   12.400676] etnaviv-gpu 38000000.gpu: model: GC7000, revision: 6203
> > > > > > [   12.641297] [drm] Initialized etnaviv 1.3.0 20151214 for etnaviv on minor 0
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Tim,
> > > > >
> > > > > Which version of Nano do you have?  Not all Nano SoC's have a GPU from
> > > > > looking at the datasheet [1] .  I am using MIMX8MN2CVTIZAA (Nano Solo)
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] - https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/IMX8MNIEC.pdf
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Adam,
> > > >
> > > > The board I have here has MIMX8MN5CVTIZAA so i.MX 8M Nano QuadLite
> > > > with 'No GPU' as you expected.
> > > >
> > > > So I have to add the following to keep my board from hanging after your series:
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> > > > index 236f425e1570..0d256a607b7c 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> > > > @@ -251,6 +251,10 @@
> > > >         };
> > > >  };
> > > >
> > > > +&gpu {
> > > > +       status = "disabled";
> > > > +};
> > > > +
> > > >  &i2c1 {
> > > >         clock-frequency = <100000>;
> > > >         pinctrl-names = "default";
> > > >
> > > > This situation is similar to the one I encountered with the
> > > > imx8mm-venice-gw7901 where adding the GPC node caused my board (which
> > > > did not power the GPU) to hang until I added disables to the
> > > > device-tree with commit 7973009235e2 ("arm64: dts:
> > > > imx8mm-venice-gw7901.dts: disable pgc_gpumix"). It feels painful to
> > > > have to add patches to keep things from hanging after additional
> > > > functionality is added to dt but perhaps that is more common than I
> > > > think esp for SoC's like IMX8M which have a lot of lingering support
> > > > still coming in.
> > > >
> > > Yea, it's unfortunate that those patches break your board, but I guess
> > > we need to accept this, while there is still a lot of feature work
> > > going on.
>
> There are a significant number of peripherals which are defined and
> marked as 'disabled' by default, so I don't think it's unreasonable to
> do that here.
> I'd like to propose we keep the default disabled and people who
> need/want the GPU enabled can turn it on.  Why waste the power if it's
> not needed?
>
> > >
> > > > I don't mind at all submitting the above patch to fix my board after
> > > > your series is accepted as I think that having an IMX8MN with 'no gpu'
> > > > is perhaps less likely than having one with a GPU and thus we probably
> > > > shouldn't mark the node as disabled and force everyone that has a GPU
> > > > to go and enable it.
> > > >
> > > > I wonder however if we should think about adding something to etnaviv
> > > > to check the capability so that the same dt could be used with both
> > > > CPU variants?
> > >
> > > etnaviv or really the kernel at all is not the place to handle this.
> > > The DT is supposed to describe the hardware and the kernel should be
> > > able to trust this description.
> > >
> > > If there is some way to read the chip capabilities and avoid having too
> > > much DT variants in the kernel, the right place to handle this is the
> > > software running before the kernel is started, i.e. your bootloader.
> > > Barebox for example reads the SCU fuses on i.MX6 and removes the DT
> > > nodes for the fused off CPU cores on i.MX6S and i.MX6D.
> > >
> >
> > Lucas,
> >
> > I agree - the boot firmware is an appropriate place for this. I
> > believe the correct course of action in the case of the IMX8M Nano
> > would be to do the following for no GPU:
> > - disable disp_blk_ctrl node
>
> I don't think it's necessary to remove the disp_blk_ctrl node or
> change it.  The GPU doesn't directly interact with it.  LCD, CSI, and
> DSI do, but I don't think they are removed.  The gpu only interacts
> with the pgc_gpumix and neither the gpu nor gpumix currently interact
> with the disp_blk_ctrl.
>

I went back and reviewed the datasheet, and the UltraLite models
remove the DSI, but I think it's still safe to leave the disp_blk_ctrl
untouched, because FWICT it's only activated from the corresponding
power-domain is requested, and without a MIPI_DSI the DSI power-domain
won't be requested.  The CSI appears to remain intact on the Lite and
UltraLite versions, so we still need some form of the disp_blk_ctrl to
manage it.

> adam
>
>
>
> > - disable gpu node
> > - disable pgc_gpumix node
> >
> > What would you propose to do for detection of this in boot firmware?
> > The DIGPROG register is currently used in U-Boot to determine IMX8M
> > variants including Nano
> > Qad/Dual/Solo/QaudLite/DualLite/SoloLite/UltraLite Quad/UltraLite
> > Dual/UltraLite Solo. It would appear all the 'Lite' and 'UltraLite'
> > variants have no GPU.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Tim