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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drm/bridge/synopsys: dsi: use adjusted_mode in mode_set
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Hi Philippe,
I've tried your patch on both 4.17-rc1 & drm-misc-next and it works fine.
So,

Reviewed-by: Yannick Fertré <yannick.fertre@st.com>
Tested-by: Yannick Fertré <yannick.fertre@st.com>

BR

Yannick Fertré

On 04/23/2018 12:10 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Philippe,
>
> On Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:15:40 EEST Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> On Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:41:26 EET Philippe CORNU wrote:
>>> On 01/29/2018 11:40 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>>> On Monday, 29 January 2018 12:17:37 EET Philippe CORNU wrote:
>>>>> On 01/29/2018 10:46 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:55:04 EET Philippe Cornu wrote:
>>>>>>> The "adjusted_mode" clock value (ie the real pixel clock) is more
>>>>>>> accurate than "mode" clock value (ie the panel/bridge requested
>>>>>>> clock value). It offers a better preciseness for timing
>>>>>>> computations and allows to reduce the extra dsi bandwidth in
>>>>>>> burst mode (from ~20% to ~10-12%, hw platform dependant).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Cornu <philippe.cornu@st.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The adjusted mode is documented as
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /**
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * @adjusted_mode:
>>>>>> *
>>>>>> * Internal display timings which can be used by the driver to
>>>>>> handle
>>>>>> * differences between the mode requested by userspace in @mode and
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> * is actually programmed into the hardware. It is purely driver
>>>>>> * implementation defined what exactly this adjusted mode means.
>>>>>> Usually
>>>>>> * it is used to store the hardware display timings used between the
>>>>>> * CRTC and encoder blocks.
>>>>>> */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is easy to handle when the CRTC and encoder are controlled by the
>>>>>> same driver, as the field is "implementation defined" by a single
>>>>>> driver. However, when using bridges, there are two drivers involved,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> they must both agree to meaningfully use the adjusted mode. I can't
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> how to do so without standardizing the meaning of the adjusted mode
>>>>>> field.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is exactly the reason why my first implementation used the dsi
>>>>> bridge "optional pixel clock" instead of the adjusted_mode (see [1])
>>>>>
>>>>> But after digging more into the drm source code, I think using
>>>>> adjusted_mode instead of the pixel clock here brings more advantages
>>>>> because:
>>>>> * adjusted_mode is an argument of bridge mode_set() probably for being
>>>>> used in any manner, maybe like this :)
>>>>> * if the bridge "user" (crtc or a master bridge drivers) does not need
>>>>> to modify its adjusted_mode then mode & adjusted_mode mode_set()
>>>>> arguments will have the same values so "no consequence" for the bridge.
>>>>> * if the bridge "user" (crtc or master bridge drivers) needs to adjust
>>>>> any value of the mode then this adjustment is available for the bridge.
>>>>
>>>> Remember that there can be multiple chained bridges, and a single
>>>> adjusted mode field.
>>>>
>>>>> * rockchip crtc updates a part of the mode (the clock), stm is doing
>>>>> the
>>>>> same (see [2]) but any future "user" of the dw_mipi_dsi bridge can
>>>>> adjust something else (blankings...) and the dw_mipi_dsi bridge will be
>>>>> then aware of...
>>>>>
>>>>> But maybe it is a wrong usage of the "adjusted_mode offer"...
>>>>
>>>> I don't disagree that there's a need for using adjusted values, but I
>>>> believe we need to create a clear API to do so. Using the adjust_mode
>>>> field as-is when it's clearly documented as being implementation-defined
>>>> is asking for trouble.
>>>
>>> Laurent, do you think we can use "adjusted mode" here in this small
>>> patch as the actual 2 "users" of this bridge (rockchip & stm) use both
>>> "adjusted mode" in their crtc?
>>
>> The Synopsys DSI driver might only be used by two display controller drivers
>> today, it is nonetheless a standard bridge driver that should not make any
>> assumption of a particular use of the adjusted_mode in particular display
>> controller drivers. To use the adjusted_mode value in bridge drivers we
>> need to standardize its usage, otherwise we'll end up with
>> incompatibilities between bridge drivers and display controller drivers.
>
> Now that the documentation has been clarified I have no objection against this
> patch anymore.
>
>>>>> [1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/200240/
>>>>> [2] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/200720/
>>>>>
>>>>>> Daniel, what's your opinion on this ?
>>>
>>> Daniel, any opinion on the adjusted_mode usage?
>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> Note: This patch replaces "drm/bridge/synopsys: dsi: add optional
>>>>>>> pixel clock"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c | 12 ++++++------
>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c
>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c index
>>>>>>> ed8af32f8e52..b926b62e9e33 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-mipi-dsi.c
>>>>>>> @@ -707,20 +707,20 @@ static void dw_mipi_dsi_bridge_mode_set(struct
>>>>>>> drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> clk_prepare_enable(dsi->pclk);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - ret = phy_ops->get_lane_mbps(priv_data, mode, dsi->mode_flags,
>>>>>>> + ret = phy_ops->get_lane_mbps(priv_data, adjusted_mode,
>>>>>>> dsi->mode_flags,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dsi->lanes, dsi->format, &dsi->lane_mbps);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if (ret)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Phy get_lane_mbps() failed\n");
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> pm_runtime_get_sync(dsi->dev);
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_init(dsi);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - dw_mipi_dsi_dpi_config(dsi, mode);
>>>>>>> + dw_mipi_dsi_dpi_config(dsi, adjusted_mode);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_packet_handler_config(dsi);
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_video_mode_config(dsi);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - dw_mipi_dsi_video_packet_config(dsi, mode);
>>>>>>> + dw_mipi_dsi_video_packet_config(dsi, adjusted_mode);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_command_mode_config(dsi);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - dw_mipi_dsi_line_timer_config(dsi, mode);
>>>>>>> - dw_mipi_dsi_vertical_timing_config(dsi, mode);
>>>>>>> + dw_mipi_dsi_line_timer_config(dsi, adjusted_mode);
>>>>>>> + dw_mipi_dsi_vertical_timing_config(dsi, adjusted_mode);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_dphy_init(dsi);
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_dphy_timing_config(dsi);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ static void dw_mipi_dsi_bridge_mode_set(struct
>>>>>>> drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_dphy_enable(dsi);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - dw_mipi_dsi_wait_for_two_frames(mode);
>>>>>>> + dw_mipi_dsi_wait_for_two_frames(adjusted_mode);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /* Switch to cmd mode for panel-bridge pre_enable & panel prepare
>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>> dw_mipi_dsi_set_mode(dsi, 0);
>
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