Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Retrieve information about DDR from SMEM

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 1/9/26 8:11 PM, Connor Abbott wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 9:22 AM Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> SMEM allows the OS to retrieve information about the DDR memory.
>> Among that information, is a semi-magic value called 'HBB', or Highest
>> Bank address Bit, which multimedia drivers (for hardware like Adreno
>> and MDSS) must retrieve in order to program the IP blocks correctly.
>>
>> This series introduces an API to retrieve that value, uses it in the
>> aforementioned programming sequences and exposes available DDR
>> frequencies in debugfs (to e.g. pass to aoss_qmp debugfs). More
>> information can be exposed in the future, as needed.
>>
>> Patch 3 should really be merged after 1&2
> 
> No. The HBB value currently returned by the bootloader is *not* always
> the same as what we use currently, because some SoCs (like SM8250)
> with the same DT ship with multiple different DRAM configurations and
> we've been using a sub-optimal value the whole time. After all, that's
> the whole point of using the bootloader value. But patches 1&2 will
> only make the DPU use the bootloader value for HBB, not the GPU. So on
> one of the affected SoCs, it will introduce a mismatch. You can't
> change anything until the GPU side uses the new ubwc config as its
> source of truth.

You're right, sorry for that

Konrad