[PATCH v2 2/4] media: rockchip: Introduce the rkvdec2 driver

[Sebastian Reichel]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 12:30:00PM GMT, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 19/06/2024 16:57, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> > +static const char * const rkvdec2_clk_names[] = {
> > +	"axi",
> > +	"ahb",
> > +	"core",
> > +	"cabac",
> > +	"hevc_cabac",
> > +};
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Some SoCs, like RK3588 have multiple identical vdpu34x cores, but the
> > + * kernel is currently missing support for multi-core handling. Exposing
> > + * separate devices for each core to userspace is bad, since that does
> > + * not allow scheduling tasks properly (and creates ABI). With this workaround
> > + * the driver will only probe for the first core and early exit for the other
> > + * cores. Once the driver gains multi-core support, the same technique
> > + * for detecting the main core can be used to cluster all cores together.
> > + */
> > +static int rkvdec2_disable_multicore(struct rkvdec2_dev *rkvdec)
> > +{
> > +	const char *compatible;
> > +	struct device_node *node;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	/* Intentionally ignores the fallback strings */
> > +	ret = of_property_read_string(rkvdec->dev->of_node, "compatible", &compatible);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	/* first compatible node found from the root node is considered the main core */
> 
> So you rely on order of nodes? Before you claim "identical cores", but
> now "main core" suggests one is different than others.

Heh, I wrote that comment for Hantro. By main core I was referencing
the software side of things. With a number of equal cores and no DT
node describing a cluster (from HW point of view it's just equal
cores), they somehow need to be combined into a single entity to allow
scheduling work between them. This solves the issue by making one of
the devices the "main" device. From the HW point it's exactly the same
as the others. The function could also use the last core or the second
one. It does not matter as long as there is only one "main" core.

Greetings,

-- Sebastian
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