From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Yongbang Shi <shiyongbang@huawei.com>,
dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com, tiantao6@hisilicon.com,
xinliang.liu@linaro.org, maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com,
mripard@kernel.org, airlied@gmail.com, daniel@ffwll.ch,
kong.kongxinwei@hisilicon.com
Cc: liangjian010@huawei.com, chenjianmin@huawei.com,
fengsheng5@huawei.com, helin52@h-partners.com,
shenjian15@huawei.com, shaojijie@huawei.com,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 3/4] drm/hisilicon/hibmc: move display contrl config to hibmc_probe()
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:42:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <288eca93-78ff-4c71-b2c8-51a8ee380255@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bea1d1d3-c326-48f1-a103-559e7e954001@huawei.com>
Hi
Am 28.04.26 um 09:55 schrieb Yongbang Shi:
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 23.04.26 um 08:32 schrieb Yongbang Shi:
>>> From: Lin He <helin52@huawei.com>
>>>
>>> If there's no VGA output, this encoder modeset won't be called, which
>>> will cause displaying data from GPU being cut off. It's actually a
>>> common display config for DP and VGA, so move the vdac encoder modeset
>>> to driver load stage.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 5294967f4ae4 ("drm/hisilicon/hibmc: Add support for VDAC")
>>> Signed-off-by: Lin He <helin52@huawei.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yongbang Shi <shiyongbang@huawei.com>
>>> ---
>>> ChangeLog:
>>> v1 -> v2:
>>> - remove tag "Reviewed-by: Tao Tian <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>", witch will
>>> be given in public.
>>> - add 'drm-misc-fixes' in subject prefix.
>>> ---
>>> .../gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c | 14 ++++++++++++
>>> .../gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_vdac.c | 22 -------------------
>>> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c
>>> index d409efc34215..f8ab471f92e7 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c
>>> @@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ void hibmc_set_current_gate(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv, unsigned int gate)
>>> writel(gate, mmio + gate_reg);
>>> }
>>> +static void hibmc_display_ctrl(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> +{
>>> + u32 reg;
>>> +
>>> + reg = readl(priv->mmio + HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_HISILE);
>>> + reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_FPVDDEN(1);
>>> + reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_PANELDATE(1);
>>> + reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_FPEN(1);
>>> + reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_VBIASEN(1);
>> That might be stupid question: IDK what these bits mean, but the FPVDDEN and FPEN sound like they enable something. If
>> you do this unconditionally in HW init, does it prevent power saving? And is the system goes through suspend/resume,
>> does it need to be re-enabled?
>>
>> My gut feeling would be to put this code into the CRTC.
>>
> We discussed this with the chip design team and confirmed, after reviewing the chip's RTL code, that FPVDDEN, FPEN and
> VBIASEN are not used in the chip's RTL implementation; only PANELDATE is used, and this bit controls the output of the
> data, hsync and vsync signals simultaneously. We will remove FPVDDEN, FPEN and VBIASEN in v6, and do some tests.
>
> This PANELDATE should be enabled during initialization. In older versions of the driver, since there was only one
> encoder-connector(VGA), placing it in `encoder_helper` posed no practical issues. Now that it has been moved to the
> initialization phase, it is enabled only once during initialization, in accordance with the chip's original design
> intent, which better aligns with the original design.
>
> Regarding suspend/resume operations and power saving, we have implemented `atomic_enable` and `atomic_disable` for CRTC.
> These hook functions configure hsync and vsync for the DPMS switch[1]. Moving the `DISPLAY_CONTROL_HISILE.PANELDATE`
> enable flag to the initialization phase does not affect power saving.
Sounds good. Thanks for following up on this.
Best regards
Thomas
>
> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.0.1/source/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_de.c#L190
>
> Thanks,
> Yongbang.
>
>> Best regards
>> Thomas
>>
>>> + writel(reg, priv->mmio + HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_HISILE);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> static void hibmc_hw_config(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> {
>>> u32 reg;
>>> @@ -248,6 +260,8 @@ static void hibmc_hw_config(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> reg |= HIBMC_MSCCTL_LOCALMEM_RESET(1);
>>> writel(reg, priv->mmio + HIBMC_MISC_CTRL);
>>> +
>>> + hibmc_display_ctrl(priv);
>>> }
>>> static int hibmc_hw_map(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_vdac.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_vdac.c
>>> index dc40018dbd21..9d924740c110 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_vdac.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_vdac.c
>>> @@ -86,26 +86,6 @@ static const struct drm_connector_funcs hibmc_connector_funcs = {
>>> .atomic_destroy_state = drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state,
>>> };
>>> -static void hibmc_encoder_mode_set(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
>>> - struct drm_display_mode *mode,
>>> - struct drm_display_mode *adj_mode)
>>> -{
>>> - u32 reg;
>>> - struct drm_device *dev = encoder->dev;
>>> - struct hibmc_drm_private *priv = to_hibmc_drm_private(dev);
>>> -
>>> - reg = readl(priv->mmio + HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_HISILE);
>>> - reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_FPVDDEN(1);
>>> - reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_PANELDATE(1);
>>> - reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_FPEN(1);
>>> - reg |= HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_VBIASEN(1);
>>> - writel(reg, priv->mmio + HIBMC_DISPLAY_CONTROL_HISILE);
>>> -}
>>> -
>>> -static const struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs hibmc_encoder_helper_funcs = {
>>> - .mode_set = hibmc_encoder_mode_set,
>>> -};
>>> -
>>> int hibmc_vdac_init(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> {
>>> struct drm_device *dev = &priv->dev;
>>> @@ -128,8 +108,6 @@ int hibmc_vdac_init(struct hibmc_drm_private *priv)
>>> goto err;
>>> }
>>> - drm_encoder_helper_add(encoder, &hibmc_encoder_helper_funcs);
>>> -
>>> ret = drm_connector_init_with_ddc(dev, connector,
>>> &hibmc_connector_funcs,
>>> DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VGA,
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 8:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 6:32 [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 0/4] Fix some bugs in the hibmc driver Yongbang Shi
2026-04-23 6:32 ` [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 1/4] drm/hisilicon/hibmc: add updating link cap in DP detect() Yongbang Shi
2026-04-23 6:32 ` [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 2/4] drm/hisilicon/hibmc: fix no showing when no connectors connected Yongbang Shi
2026-04-27 7:20 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-28 3:58 ` Yongbang Shi
2026-04-28 6:25 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-28 12:53 ` Yongbang Shi
2026-05-05 7:45 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-05-06 8:56 ` Yongbang Shi
2026-05-08 6:50 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-23 6:32 ` [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 3/4] drm/hisilicon/hibmc: move display contrl config to hibmc_probe() Yongbang Shi
2026-04-27 7:26 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-28 7:55 ` Yongbang Shi
2026-04-28 8:42 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2026-04-23 6:32 ` [PATCH for drm-misc-fixes v5 4/4] drm/hisilicon/hibmc: use clock to look up the PLL value Yongbang Shi
2026-04-27 7:35 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-28 6:14 ` Yongbang Shi
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