[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: mmsys: change compatible for MT8195

Matthias Brugger matthias.bgg at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 07:32:03 PDT 2022



On 26/08/2022 17:39, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> 
> 
> On 26/08/2022 09:13, Bo-Chen Chen wrote:
>> On Fri, 2022-08-26 at 15:00 +0800, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 26/08/2022 05:07, Bo-Chen Chen wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2022-08-25 at 22:57 +0800, Matthias Brugger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25/08/2022 11:14, Bo-Chen Chen wrote:
>>>>>> From: "Jason-JH.Lin" <jason-jh.lin at mediatek.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For previous MediaTek SoCs, such as MT8173, there are 2 display
>>>>>> HW
>>>>>> pipelines binding to 1 mmsys with the same power domain, the
>>>>>> same
>>>>>> clock driver and the same mediatek-drm driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For MT8195, VDOSYS0 and VDOSYS1 are 2 display HW pipelines
>>>>>> binding
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> 2 different power domains, different clock drivers and
>>>>>> different
>>>>>> mediatek-drm drivers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Moreover, Hardware pipeline of VDOSYS0 has these components:
>>>>>> COLOR,
>>>>>> CCORR, AAL, GAMMA, DITHER. They are related to the PQ (Picture
>>>>>> Quality)
>>>>>> and they makes VDOSYS0 supports PQ function while they are not
>>>>>> including in VDOSYS1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hardware pipeline of VDOSYS1 has the component ETHDR (HDR
>>>>>> related
>>>>>> component). It makes VDOSYS1 supports the HDR function while
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> including in VDOSYS0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To summarize0:
>>>>>> Only VDOSYS0 can support PQ adjustment.
>>>>>> Only VDOSYS1 can support HDR adjustment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Therefore, we need to separate these two different mmsys
>>>>>> hardwares
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> 2 different compatibles for MT8195.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: 81c5a41d10b9 ("dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: mmsys: add
>>>>>> mt8195
>>>>>> SoC binding")
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jason-JH.Lin <jason-jh.lin at mediatek.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Bo-Chen Chen <rex-bc.chen at mediatek.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Changes for v2:
>>>>>> 1. Add hardware difference for VDOSYS0 and VDOSYS1 in commit
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek/mediatek,mmsys.yaml
>>>>>> |
>>>>>> 3 ++-
>>>>>>    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git
>>>>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek/mediatek,mmsys
>>>>>> .yam
>>>>>> l
>>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek/mediatek,mmsys
>>>>>> .yam
>>>>>> l
>>>>>> index 6ad023eec193..bfbdd30d2092 100644
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek/mediatek,mmsys
>>>>>> .yam
>>>>>> l
>>>>>> +++
>>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek/mediatek,mmsys
>>>>>> .yam
>>>>>> l
>>>>>> @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ properties:
>>>>>>                  - mediatek,mt8183-mmsys
>>>>>>                  - mediatek,mt8186-mmsys
>>>>>>                  - mediatek,mt8192-mmsys
>>>>>> -              - mediatek,mt8195-mmsys
>>>>>> +              - mediatek,mt8195-vdosys0
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for you patch. As I mentioned on v1, I propose to set
>>>>> mediatek,mt8195-mmsys as fallback for mediatek,mt8195-vdosys0 to
>>>>> not
>>>>> break
>>>>> backwards compatibility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apart from that, the binding change will need some changes to
>>>>> support
>>>>> the new
>>>>> binding. Please provide these together with this patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Matthias,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your comments.
>>>> The purpose of this patch is to confirm we can separate mt8195
>>>> mmsys
>>>> into two compatibles. I think this modification is accepted.
>>>
>>> No, it is not accepted following Matthias comments. You received my
>>> ack
>>> based on assumption that ABI break is perfectly ok for platform
>>> maintainer, as he has decisive voice. If anyone is not happy with a
>>> ABI
>>> break, then his concerns must be addressed.
>>>
>>> So let it be specific:
>>> NAK.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> After this, I think Jason-JH will push another series with this
>>>> binding
>>>> patch.
>>>
>>> I don't know what do you mean here - another series on top of wrong
>>> patch?
>>>
>>
>> Hello Krzysztof,
>>
>> For this mt8195 mmsys binding separation, we still need to modify
>> driver for this. The reason I send this patch is to confirm we can do
>> this binding modification and I also think we can not pick this patch
>> here.
>>
>> We will push another series and it contains modification of binding and
>> drivers. (The series will push by Jason-JH Lin)
>>
> 
> Sounds good. So lets wait for Jason-JH Lin to send this series and we can go on 
> with the review.
> 

Just to be sure, this has not happened yet, correct?

Regards,
Matthias

> Thanks!
> Matthias
> 
>> Maybe I should use "RFC" for this series, and I think it's more
>> correct.
>>
>> BRs,
>> Bo-Chen
>>
>>>> In Jason-JH's series, we will modify mmsys driver based on this.
>>>> And I think we don't need to keep "mediatek,mt8195-mmsys" if we
>>>> also
>>>> modify mmsys drivers in the same series.
>>>
>>> This does not fux ABI break and broken bisectability.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is it ok that postpones to pick this patch until we finish review
>>>> follow-up series?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No. You got a clear review to fix.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Krzysztof
>>



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