Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] drm/verisilicon: add Nuvoton MA35D1 DCU Lite display controller support

From: Joey Lu

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 05:50:06 EST

On 6/8/2026 2:26 PM, Icenowy Zheng wrote:

在 2026-06-08一的 10:32 +0800，Joey Lu写道：

The Nuvoton MA35D1 SoC integrates a Verisilicon DCUltraLite display
controller whose register layout differs from the DC8200 in several
important ways:

1. No CONFIG_EX commit path: framebuffer updates use the enable (bit
0)
   and reset (bit 4) bits in FB_CONFIG instead of the DC8200 staging
   registers (FB_CONFIG_EX, FB_TOP_LEFT, FB_BOTTOM_RIGHT,
   FB_BLEND_CONFIG, PANEL_CONFIG_EX).

2. No PANEL_START register: panel output starts when
   PANEL_CONFIG.RUNNING is set; there is no multi-display sync start
   register.

3. Different IRQ registers: DCUltraLite uses DISP_IRQ_STA (0x147C) /
   DISP_IRQ_EN (0x1480) versus DC8200's TOP_IRQ_ACK (0x0010) /
   TOP_IRQ_EN (0x0014).

4. Per-frame commit cycle: DCUltraLite requires the VALID bit in
   FB_CONFIG to be set at the start of each atomic commit
(crtc_begin)
   and cleared after (crtc_flush).

5. Simpler clock topology: only 'core' (bus gate) and 'pix0' (pixel
   divider) clocks; no axi or ahb clocks required. Make axi_clk and
   ahb_clk optional (devm_clk_get_optional_enabled) so DCUltraLite
   nodes without those clocks are handled gracefully.

Add vs_dcu_lite.c implementing the vs_dc_funcs vtable for the above

Nitpick: could you use vs_dc8000 to make things more aligned? (Although
I must admit that DCUltraLite is the first revision to be supported in
this codepath).

Understood. I will rename `vs_dcu_lite.c` to `vs_dc8000.c`, all internal functions from `vs_dcu_lite_*` to `vs_dc8000_*`, the exported symbol from `vs_dcu_lite_funcs` to `vs_dc8000_funcs`, and update the Makefile accordingly.

differences. The probe now selects vs_dcu_lite_funcs when the
identified generation is VSDC_GEN_DC8000 (DCUltraLite reads model
0x0,
revision 0x5560, customer_id 0x305).

Extend Kconfig to allow building on ARCH_MA35 platforms.

Maybe the Kconfig change could be in the last commit or a dedicated
commit before current ones? Because it's only meaningful after the HWDB
item is added.

Thanks,
Icenowy

Understood. The Kconfig change adding `ARCH_MA35` will be moved to a separate commit placed after the HWDB entry is added, or as the final commit in the series.

Signed-off-by: Joey Lu <a0987203069@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Kconfig       | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Makefile      | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dc.c       | 9 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dcu_lite.c | 78
+++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dcu_lite.c

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Kconfig
b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Kconfig
index 7cce86ec8603..295d246eb4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
config DRM_VERISILICON_DC
tristate "DRM Support for Verisilicon DC-series display
controllers"
depends on DRM && COMMON_CLK
- depends on RISCV || COMPILE_TEST
+ depends on RISCV || ARCH_MA35 || COMPILE_TEST
select DRM_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR
select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
select DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Makefile
b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Makefile
index 9d4cd16452fa..960af0861dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-verisilicon-dc-objs := vs_bridge.o vs_crtc.o vs_dc.o vs_dc8200.o
vs_drm.o vs_hwdb.o \
+verisilicon-dc-objs := vs_bridge.o vs_crtc.o vs_dc.o vs_dc8200.o
vs_dcu_lite.o vs_drm.o vs_hwdb.o \
vs_plane.o vs_primary_plane.o vs_cursor_plane.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_VERISILICON_DC) += verisilicon-dc.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dc.c
b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dc.c
index c94957024189..81a8d9bf85bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dc.c
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ static int vs_dc_probe(struct platform_device
*pdev)
return PTR_ERR(dc->core_clk);
}
- dc->axi_clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, "axi");
+ dc->axi_clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, "axi");
if (IS_ERR(dc->axi_clk)) {
dev_err(dev, "can't get axi clock\n");
return PTR_ERR(dc->axi_clk);
}
- dc->ahb_clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, "ahb");
+ dc->ahb_clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, "ahb");
if (IS_ERR(dc->ahb_clk)) {
dev_err(dev, "can't get ahb clock\n");
return PTR_ERR(dc->ahb_clk);
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ static int vs_dc_probe(struct platform_device
*pdev)
dev_info(dev, "Found DC%x rev %x customer %x\n", dc-

identity.model,

dc->identity.revision, dc->identity.customer_id);
- dc->funcs = &vs_dc8200_funcs;
+ if (dc->identity.generation == VSDC_GEN_DC8200)
+ dc->funcs = &vs_dc8200_funcs;
+ else
+ dc->funcs = &vs_dcu_lite_funcs;
if (port_count > dc->identity.display_count) {
dev_err(dev, "too many downstream ports than HW
capability\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dcu_lite.c
b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dcu_lite.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11ef57d5ebaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/verisilicon/vs_dcu_lite.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Joey Lu <yclu4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+
+#include "vs_crtc_regs.h"
+#include "vs_dc.h"
+#include "vs_primary_plane_regs.h"
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_bridge_enable(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_set_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_RESET);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_bridge_disable(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned
int output)
+{
+ regmap_clear_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_RESET);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_crtc_begin(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_set_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_VALID);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_crtc_flush(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_clear_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_VALID);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_crtc_enable(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_set_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_ENABLE);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_crtc_disable(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_clear_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_FB_CONFIG(output),
+ VSDC_FB_CONFIG_ENABLE);
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_enable_vblank(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned int
output)
+{
+ regmap_set_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_DISP_IRQ_EN,
+ VSDC_DISP_IRQ_VSYNC(output));
+}
+
+static void vs_dcu_lite_disable_vblank(struct vs_dc *dc, unsigned
int output)
+{
+ regmap_clear_bits(dc->regs, VSDC_DISP_IRQ_EN,
+ VSDC_DISP_IRQ_VSYNC(output));
+}
+
+static u32 vs_dcu_lite_irq_handler(struct vs_dc *dc)
+{
+ u32 irqs;
+
+ regmap_read(dc->regs, VSDC_DISP_IRQ_STA, &irqs);
+ return irqs;
+}
+
+const struct vs_dc_funcs vs_dcu_lite_funcs = {
+ .bridge_enable = vs_dcu_lite_bridge_enable,
+ .bridge_disable =
vs_dcu_lite_bridge_disable,
+ .crtc_begin = vs_dcu_lite_crtc_begin,
+ .crtc_flush = vs_dcu_lite_crtc_flush,
+ .crtc_enable = vs_dcu_lite_crtc_enable,
+ .crtc_disable = vs_dcu_lite_crtc_disable,
+ .enable_vblank = vs_dcu_lite_enable_vblank,
+ .disable_vblank =
vs_dcu_lite_disable_vblank,
+ .irq_handler = vs_dcu_lite_irq_handler,
+};