Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] drm/panel: st7703: Drive XBD599 panel at higher clock rate

[Frank Oltmanns <frank@oltmanns.dev>]

Hi Maxime,

On 2024-02-22 at 11:29:51 +0100, Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Frank Oltmanns wrote:
>>
>> On 2024-02-08 at 20:05:08 +0100, Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> wrote:
>> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>> > Hi Frank,
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 04:22:28PM +0100, Frank Oltmanns wrote:
>> >> This panel is used in the pinephone that runs on a Allwinner A64 SOC.
>> >> The SOC requires pll-mipi to run at more than 500 MHz.
>> >>
>> >> This is the relevant clock tree:
>> >>  pll-mipi
>> >>     tcon0
>> >>        tcon-data-clock
>> >>
>> >> tcon-data-clock has to run at 1/4 the DSI per-lane bit rate. The XBD599
>> >> has 24 bpp and 4 lanes. Therefore, the resulting requested
>> >> tcon-data-clock rate is:
>> >>     crtc_clock * 1000 * (24 / 4) / 4
>> >>
>> >> tcon-data-clock runs at tcon0 / 4 (fixed divisor), so it requests a
>> >> parent rate of
>> >>     4 * (crtc_clock * 1000 * (24 / 4) / 4)
>> >>
>> >> Since tcon0 is a ccu_mux, the rate of tcon0 equals the rate of pll-mipi.
>> >>
>> >> pll-mipi's constraint to run at 500MHz or higher forces us to have a
>> >> crtc_clock >= 83333 kHz if we want a 60 Hz vertical refresh rate.
>> >>
>> >> Change [hv]sync_(start|end) so that we reach a clock rate of 83502 kHz
>> >> so that it is high enough to align with pll-pipi limits.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Frank Oltmanns <frank@oltmanns.dev>
>> >
>> > That commit log is great, but it's kind of off-topic. It's a panel
>> > driver, it can be used on any MIPI-DSI controller, the only relevant
>> > information there should be the panel timings required in the datasheet.
>> >
>> > The PLL setup is something for the MIPI-DSI driver to adjust, not for
>> > the panel to care for.
>> >
>>
>> I absolutely agree. It even was the reason for my submission of a
>> sunxi-ng patch series last year that was accepted, to make pll-mipi more
>> flexible. :)
>>
>> The only remaining option I currently see for adjusting the sunxi-ng
>> driver to further accomodate the panel, is trying to use a higher
>> divisor than 4 for calculating tcon-data-clock from tcon0. I remember
>> reading a discussion about this, but as far as I remember that proposal
>> was rejected (by you, IIRC).
>>
>> While I appreciate other suggestion as well, I'll look into options for
>> using a different divisor than 4.
>
> Like I said, I'm not against the patch at all, it looks great to me on
> principle. I just think you should completely rephrase the commit log
> using the datasheet as the only reliable source of the display timings.
> Whether sun4i can work around the panel requirements is something
> completely orthogonal to the discussion, and thus the commit log.
>

I was trying to follow the guidelines [1] for describing the reason
behind my changes to the panel. My original commit message was a lot
shorter, which, understandably, resulted in follow up questions [2].
With the current commit log, I'm trying to address those questions.
According to the device tree, the panel is only used in the pinephone.
The only reason for the change is that the SoC used by the only user of
this panel can not provide the rate the panel requests with the current
values. I think this information is relevant.

Unfortunately, as described in [2], I cannot back these values with any
datasheets because I couldn't find any. I could only find hints that
they are not publicly available. Icenowy (added to CC) submitted the
original values.

Best regards,
  Frank

[1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.7/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87wmsvo0fh.fsf@oltmanns.dev/

>
> Maxime
>
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