From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F99EC44512 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35AD010E2B3; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dolcini.it header.i=@dolcini.it header.b="bZOBe5Xo"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mail11.truemail.it (mail11.truemail.it [217.194.8.81]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E864F10E2B3 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from francesco-nb (xcpe-178-82-120-96.dyn.res.sunrise.net [178.82.120.96]) by mail11.truemail.it (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2FFDD22924; Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:26:14 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dolcini.it; s=default; t=1784183175; bh=9HXub2A/v9RqkMGdUZjtbYvqdoMeY8h65+2Qb929duA=; h=From:To:Subject; b=bZOBe5XorgczVLTaof+93M63kt1XlmU6uiFSMKAQUgg621TOnz+SJG/NQw5T45d33 GI6nEOo8+pDX386o30SG2efdoiTBf4lm7hBti/iYxN76A10we1SmKNKX4YjT4xsH0y cl/41EFgXjuXG9MG5P0vziDFjuuK+HQzYKQuc3k6x9Njd5jiNNpgsFh5af2cgjslGP /q7G6Go4nQAWhdzcrTmdEnAz3KJrVIqJFGyf48JfeXI+4VfCFcYzv5OXWQHc9M3mj1 8G8gMzSIMaYQoya/zjQjnvlXpav11aQO6GfZd4oVJkC1PPOqb1xyVnIwYpnAlg5s6N zyZN/MwGRLyWQ== Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:26:12 +0200 From: Francesco Dolcini To: Liu Ying Cc: Francesco Dolcini , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-phy@lists.infradead.org, p.zabel@pengutronix.de, airlied@gmail.com, simona@ffwll.ch, maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com, mripard@kernel.org, tzimmermann@suse.de, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, shawnguo@kernel.org, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, kernel@pengutronix.de, festevam@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de, vkoul@kernel.org, kishon@kernel.org, Frank.Li@nxp.com, lumag@kernel.org, aisheng.dong@nxp.com, agx@sigxcpu.org, u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com, dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 00/19] Add Freescale i.MX8qxp Display Controller support Message-ID: <20260716062612.GC9973@francesco-nb> References: <20250414035028.1561475-1-victor.liu@nxp.com> <20260714193627.GA9616@francesco-nb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 02:21:31PM +0800, Liu Ying wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 09:36:27PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 11:50:09AM +0800, Liu Ying wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This patch series aims to add Freescale i.MX8qxp Display Controller support. > > > > > > The controller is comprised of three main components that include a blit > > > engine for 2D graphics accelerations, display controller for display output > > > processing, as well as a command sequencer. > > > > ... > > > > > > > > To follow up i.MX8qxp TRM, I changed the controller name to "Display Controller" > > > instead of the previous "DPU". "DPU" is only mentioned in the SoC block > > > diagram and represents the whole display subsystem which includes the display > > > controller and prefech engines, etc. > > > > > > With an additional patch[1] for simple-pm-bus.c, this series facilitates > > > testing a LVDS panel on i.MX8qxp MEK. > > > > > > Please do NOT merge patch 14-19. They are only used to facilitate testing > > > the LVDS panel. > > > > What's the plan to conclude this work? What's the latest status? > > I am looking forward to have a way to use the i.MX8QXP display with > > mainline, but to my understanding some required changes on the SOC dtsi > > are not merged. > > > > Can you help? > > I planned to add display controller DT node after prefetch engine support [1] > is picked up so that the prefetch engine could be enabled together with the > display controller. Just want to avoid a DT that only enables the display > controller or bypasses the prefetch engine. It makes the display controller > driver simpler. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251027-imx8-dc-prefetch-v5-0-4ecb6c6d4941@nxp.com/ That series is from October 2025, is there anything blocking to move it forward? Francesco