Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: display: msm: Allow two MDSS power domains

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 8/26/26 4:53 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
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> On 8/25/2026 4:30 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 8/25/26 8:28 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
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>>> On 8/17/2026 10:14 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>> On 8/17/26 4:13 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>> On 8/13/26 9:44 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
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>>>>>> On 7/20/2026 4:49 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/20/26 10:43 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kaanapali (SM8750) and Glymur use two display power domains.
>>>>>>>> CORE_GDSC powers the main display hardware while INT2_GDSC
>>>>>>>> powers a subset of SSPP blocks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can they operate independently? Does INT2_GDSC need to be
>>>>>>> powered on after CORE_GDSC?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Kaanapali, my understanding is that CORE_GDSC and INT2_GDSC should generally track the same state, except that INT2_GDSC may be powered down when SSPP1 (VIG2/VIG3/DMA5) is unused.
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>>>>> Is the MDSS any useful if *only* INT2_GDSC is enabled? Can the INT2_GDSC
>>>>> be enabled itself if CORE_GDSC is off?
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>>>> (I didn't quite know how to parse the list of states you provided in your
>>>> reply so I asked again)
>>>>
>>>> Konrad
>>> Hi, Konard. Would you recommend adding the parent clock in the clock driver, or handling 2 GDSC in the display driver? I'm preparing the next revision and would appreciate your feedback.
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>> Does disabling INT2 provide us with any power benefits and will the
> So far, I haven't found any documentation that explicitly describes a power-saving use case achieved by disabling the INT2 GDSC. The material I found instead describes it in the context of display tiering:
> "Goal for partial display is to tier down from premium tier to match low tier pipe configurations."
>> display driver do the accounting for what resources need the INT2
>> GDSC specifically?
> Not at the moment. Our current requirement is simply to enable and disable it together with the core GDSC.

So WDYT Dmitry, should we just wire it up as a child of the core gdsc on
the clk side and pass just one gdsc to mdss?

Konrad