Re: [PATCH v2] arm64/dts/qcom/sc7180: Add Display Port dt node

[Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>]

On Tue 22 Jun 15:23 CDT 2021, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> Quoting Bjorn Andersson (2021-06-18 14:41:50)
> > On Fri 18 Jun 15:49 CDT 2021, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >
> > > Quoting khsieh@codeaurora.org (2021-06-10 09:54:05)
> > > > On 2021-06-08 16:10, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > > > > On Tue 08 Jun 17:44 CDT 2021, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Honestly I suspect the DP PHY is _not_ in the CX domain as CX is for
> > > > >> digital logic. Probably the PLL is the hardware that has some minimum
> > > > >> CX
> > > > >> requirement, and that flows down into the various display clks like
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> link clk that actually clock the DP controller hardware. The mdss_gdsc
> > > > >> probably gates CX for the display subsystem (mdss) so if we had proper
> > > > >> corner aggregation logic we could indicate that mdss_gdsc is a child
> > > > >> of
> > > > >> the CX domain and then make requests from the DP driver for particular
> > > > >> link frequencies on the mdss_gdsc and then have that bubble up to CX
> > > > >> appropriately. I don't think any of that sort of code is in place
> > > > >> though, right?
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't checked sc7180, but I'm guessing that it's following the
> > > > > other
> > > > > modern platforms, where all the MDSS related pieces (including e.g.
> > > > > dispcc) lives in the MMCX domain, which is separate from CX.
> > > > >
> > > > > So the parent of MDSS_GDSC should be MMCX, while Kuogee's answer (and
> > > > > the dp-opp-table) tells us that the PLL lives in the CX domain.
> > >
> > > Isn't MMCX a "child" of CX? At least my understanding is that MMCX is
> > > basically a GDSC that clamps all of multimedia hardware block power
> > > logic so that the leakage is minimized when multimedia isn't in use,
> > > i.e. the device is suspended. In terms of bumping up the voltage we have
> > > to pin that on CX though as far as I know because that's the only power
> > > domain that can actually change voltage, while MMCX merely gates that
> > > voltage for multimedia.
> > >
> >
> > No, MMCX is a separate rail from CX, which powers the display blocks and
> > is parent of MDSS_GDSC. But I see in rpmhpd that sc7180 is not one of
> > these platforms, so I presume this means that the displayport controller
> > thereby sits in MDSS_GDSC parented by CX.
> >
> > But in line with what you're saying, the naming of the supplies to the
> > QMP indicates that the power for the PLLs is static. As such the only
> > moving things would be the clock rates in the DP controller and as such
> > that's what needs to scale the voltage.
> >
> > So if the resources we're scaling is the clocks in the DP controller
> > then the gist of the patch is correct. The only details I see is that
> > the DP controller actually sits in MDSS_GDSC - while it should control
> > the level of its parent (CX). Not sure if we can describe that in a
> > simple way.
> 
> Right. I'm not sure things could be described any better right now. If
> we need to change this to be MDSS_GDSC power domain and control the
> level of the parent then I suppose we'll have to make some sort of DT
> change and pair that with a driver change. Maybe if that happens we can
> just pick a new compatible and leave the old code in place.
> 

I would prefer that we stay away from making up a new compatible for
that, but let's see when we get there.

> Are you happy enough with this current patch?
> 

Yes, I think this looks good.

> >
> >
> > PS. Why does the node name of the opp-table have to be globally unique?
> 
> Presumably the opp table node name can be 'opp-table' as long as it
> lives under the node that's using it. If the opp table is at / or /soc
> then it will need to be unique. I'd prefer just 'opp-table' if possible.

I asked the same question (if it has to be globally unique) in the patch
adding sdhci nodes for sc7280 and I didn't get a sufficient answer...

So now I do want to know why "opp-table" wouldn't be sufficient name for
these device-internal nodes.

Regards,
Bjorn