Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] clk: qcom: gcc-msm8939: mark Venus core GDSCs as hardware controlled
From: Erikas Bitovtas
Date: Sat May 09 2026 - 10:44:19 EST
> OTOH if Core1 can't be coaxed into working in either mode, we are better
> off either holding off on this series until the breakages is root caused
> or leaving out Core1 entirely for now.
>
> i.e. there is no utility in declaring an encoder or decoder to userspace
> that is known to be broken.
> Last time I tried to enable only 1 of the cores, the following would happen:
- If core0 is enabled, HEVC decoding would work, but not the other codecs.
- If core1 is enabled, the rest of codecs would work, but not HEVC.
Given we don't really have a way to power up a core based on which codec
we are dealing with, I suggest we leave both cores in the binding and
enable them indiscriminately.