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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 06/10] drm/msm/dsi: Migrate to drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters()
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On 26/10/2022 21:28, Marijn Suijten wrote:
> As per the FIXME this code is entirely duplicate with what is already
> provided inside drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters(), supposedly because that
> function was yielding "incorrect" results while in reality the panel
> driver(s?) used for testing were providing incorrect parameters.
>
> For example, this code from downstream assumed dsc->bits_per_pixel to
> contain an integer value, whereas the upstream drm_dsc_config struct
> stores it with 4 fractional bits. drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters()
> already accounts for this feat while the panel driver used for testing
> [1] wasn't, hence making drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters() seem like it
> was returning an incorrect result.
> Other users of dsc->bits_per_pixel inside dsi_populate_dsc_params() also
> treat it in the same erroneous way, and will be addressed in a separate
> patch.
> In the end, using drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters() spares both a lot of
> duplicate code and erratic behaviour.
>
> [1]: https://git.linaro.org/people/vinod.koul/kernel.git/commit/?h=topic/pixel3_5.18-rc1&id=1d7d98ad564f1ec69e7525e07418918d90f247a1
>
> Fixes: b9080324d6ca ("drm/msm/dsi: add support for dsc data")
> Reviewed-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@somainline.org>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c | 64 +++---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>

Thank you for the expanded explanation.

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With best wishes
Dmitry

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