Re: [PATCH] drm/exynos: don't use HW trigger for Exynos5420/5422/5800

From: Inki Dae
Date: Thu Jun 09 2016 - 18:35:43 EST


Hi Javier,

2016ë 06ì 09ì 09:17ì Javier Martinez Canillas ì(ê) ì ê:
> Hello Inki,
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> On 06/08/2016 07:09 PM, Inki Dae wrote:
>> Hi Javier,
>>
>> 2016ë 06ì 02ì 23:20ì Javier Martinez Canillas ì(ê) ì ê:
>>> Commit a6f75aa161c5 ("drm/exynos: fimd: add HW trigger support") added
>>> hardware trigger support to the FIMD controller driver. But this broke
>>> the display in at least the Exynos5800 Peach Pi Chromebook.
>>>
>>> So until the issue is fixed, avoid using HW trigger for the Exynos5420
>>> based boards and use SW trigger as it was before the mentioned commit.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Hello Inki,
>>>
>>> Since commit a6f75aa161c5 landed in v4.7-rc1, I think $SUBJECT should be
>>> picked to make sure that v4.7 is released with the display working for
>>> the Exynos5420 based Chromebooks.
>>>
>>> We can then figure out what's wrong with the HW trigger support and fix
>>> it for v4.8.
>>
>> Agree. And below is a trivial comment.
>>
>
> I'm glad that you agree.
>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Javier
>>>
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c | 3 ---
>>> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
>>> index 1c23a8ff5e83..f10030ff00e6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
>>> @@ -170,14 +170,11 @@ static struct fimd_driver_data exynos5420_fimd_driver_data = {
>>> .lcdblk_vt_shift = 24,
>>> .lcdblk_bypass_shift = 15,
>>> .lcdblk_mic_bypass_shift = 11,
>>> - .trg_type = I80_HW_TRG,
>>> .has_shadowcon = 1,
>>> .has_vidoutcon = 1,
>>> .has_vtsel = 1,
>>> .has_mic_bypass = 1,
>>> .has_dp_clk = 1,
>>> - .has_hw_trigger = 1,
>>> - .has_trigger_per_te = 1,
>>
>> We don't need to remove above two lines. It would be enough to remove 'trg_type = I80_HW_TRG', which makes FIMD to be worked with SW trigger in default.
>>
>
> I know that removing .trg_type is enough but I also removed those lines
> because the fields are not used if .trg_type != I80_HW_TRG. So there is
> no point to leave a set for unused fields.
>
> We can latter add those one HW trigger support is fixed for Exynos5420.
>

As of now, I can merge it but I think it would be not reasonable solution because potential problem still exists even we use SW trigger mode in default - ie., in case of using HW trigger mode at bootloader, same problem would happen as long as we don't support PSR mode support.

Thanks,
Inki Dae

>> Thanks,
>> Inki Dae
>>
>>> };
>>>
>>> struct fimd_context {
>>>
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>
> Best regards,
>