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From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
To: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@nxp.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mn-venice-gw7902: disable gpu
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:56:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220126115646.GM4686@dragon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d5a15039255d13cf4321bf1c18f49a9cdb666607.camel@pengutronix.de>

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:58:56AM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 26.01.2022 um 17:35 +0800 schrieb Shawn Guo:
> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:12:27AM -0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
> > > Since commit 99aa29932271 ("arm64: dts: imx8mn: Enable GPU")
> > > imx8mn-venice-gw7902 will hang during kernel init because it uses
> > > a MIMX8MN5CVTI which does not have a GPU.
> > 
> > I do not quite follow on this.  i.MX8MN integrates a GPU, and
> > MIMX8MN5CVTI is built on i.MX8MN, correct?  If so, how comes
> > MIMX8MN5CVTI doesn't have a GPU?
> > 
> It's a fused-down variant of the i.MX8MN that has the GPU disabled by
> fuses.
> 
> > > 
> > > Disable pgc_gpumix to work around this. We also disable the GPU devices
> > > that depend on the gpumix power domain and pgc_gpu to avoid them staying
> > > in a probe deferred state forever.
> > 
> > Is this an indication that GPU should be disabled in imx8mn.dtsi and
> > enabled board by board?
> > 
> There's a trade-off here: most boards will probably use the full
> variants that include the GPU, so probably less boards will need to
> disable the GPU, as done here, than boards that need to enable it when
> the base DT disables the GPU.
> 
> Same story as with the i.MX6 where there are some SKUs that disable the
> VPU by fuses: we enable it in the base DT and if you happen to build a
> very low-cost board that uses the fused-down version you need to
> disable it in the board DT.

Thanks, Lucas!

Patch applied!

Shawn

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From: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
To: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@nxp.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mn-venice-gw7902: disable gpu
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:56:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220126115646.GM4686@dragon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d5a15039255d13cf4321bf1c18f49a9cdb666607.camel@pengutronix.de>

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:58:56AM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 26.01.2022 um 17:35 +0800 schrieb Shawn Guo:
> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:12:27AM -0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
> > > Since commit 99aa29932271 ("arm64: dts: imx8mn: Enable GPU")
> > > imx8mn-venice-gw7902 will hang during kernel init because it uses
> > > a MIMX8MN5CVTI which does not have a GPU.
> > 
> > I do not quite follow on this.  i.MX8MN integrates a GPU, and
> > MIMX8MN5CVTI is built on i.MX8MN, correct?  If so, how comes
> > MIMX8MN5CVTI doesn't have a GPU?
> > 
> It's a fused-down variant of the i.MX8MN that has the GPU disabled by
> fuses.
> 
> > > 
> > > Disable pgc_gpumix to work around this. We also disable the GPU devices
> > > that depend on the gpumix power domain and pgc_gpu to avoid them staying
> > > in a probe deferred state forever.
> > 
> > Is this an indication that GPU should be disabled in imx8mn.dtsi and
> > enabled board by board?
> > 
> There's a trade-off here: most boards will probably use the full
> variants that include the GPU, so probably less boards will need to
> disable the GPU, as done here, than boards that need to enable it when
> the base DT disables the GPU.
> 
> Same story as with the i.MX6 where there are some SKUs that disable the
> VPU by fuses: we enable it in the base DT and if you happen to build a
> very low-cost board that uses the fused-down version you need to
> disable it in the board DT.

Thanks, Lucas!

Patch applied!

Shawn

  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-26 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-16 16:12 [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mn-venice-gw7902: disable gpu Tim Harvey
2021-12-16 16:12 ` Tim Harvey
2021-12-16 17:02 ` Adam Ford
2021-12-16 17:02   ` Adam Ford
2022-01-26  9:35 ` Shawn Guo
2022-01-26  9:35   ` Shawn Guo
2022-01-26  9:58   ` Lucas Stach
2022-01-26  9:58     ` Lucas Stach
2022-01-26 11:56     ` Shawn Guo [this message]
2022-01-26 11:56       ` Shawn Guo

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