Re: [PATCH v14] arm64: dts: mt8183: Add node for the Mali GPU

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

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On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 8:01 PM Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a basic GPU node for mt8183, as well as OPP table.
>
> Note that with the current panfrost driver, devfreq is not
> actually functional, as the we do not have platform-specific
> support for >1 supplies. Also, we are missing code to handle
> frequency change, as the GPU frequency needs to be switched
> away to a stable 26Mhz clock during the transition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The binding we use with out-of-tree Mali drivers includes more
> clocks, this is used for devfreq: the out-of-tree driver switches
> clk_mux to clk_sub_parent (26Mhz), adjusts clk_main_parent, then
> switches clk_mux back to clk_main_parent:
> (see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/chromeos-4.19/drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/platform/mediatek/mali_kbase_runtime_pm.c#423)
> clocks =
>         <&topckgen CLK_TOP_MFGPLL_CK>,
>         <&topckgen CLK_TOP_MUX_MFG>,
>         <&clk26m>,
>         <&mfgcfg CLK_MFG_BG3D>;
> clock-names =
>         "clk_main_parent",
>         "clk_mux",
>         "clk_sub_parent",
>         "subsys_mfg_cg";
> (based on discussions, this probably belongs in the clock core)
>
> This only matters for devfreq, that is disabled anyway as we don't
> have platform-specific code to handle >1 supplies.

Yes. This can be done with clk_notifiers. See

    https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_mux.c#L261

for such an example.


ChenYu