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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-29 20:49:12 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-29 20:49:12 -0800
commit9b0cd304f26b9fca140de15deeac2bf357d1f388 (patch)
tree03a0d74614865a5b776b2a98a433232013b1d369 /drivers/gpu/drm/msm/NOTES
parentca2a650f3dfdc30d71d21bcbb04d2d057779f3f9 (diff)
parentef64cf9d06049e4e9df661f3be60b217e476bee1 (diff)
Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
Pull drm updates from Dave Airlie: "Been a bit busy, first week of kids school, and waiting on other trees to go in before I could send this, so its a bit later than I'd normally like. Highlights: - core: timestamp fixes, lots of misc cleanups - new drivers: bochs virtual vga - vmwgfx: major overhaul for their nextgen virt gpu. - i915: runtime D3 on HSW, watermark fixes, power well work, fbc fixes, bdw is no longer prelim. - nouveau: gk110/208 acceleration, more pm groundwork, old overlay support - radeon: dpm rework and clockgating for CIK, pci config reset, big endian fixes - tegra: panel support and DSI support, build as module, prime. - armada, omap, gma500, rcar, exynos, mgag200, cirrus, ast: fixes - msm: hdmi support for mdp5" * 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux: (595 commits) drm/nouveau: resume display if any later suspend bits fail drm/nouveau: fix lock unbalance in nouveau_crtc_page_flip drm/nouveau: implement hooks for needed for drm vblank timestamping support drm/nouveau/disp: add a method to fetch info needed by drm vblank timestamping drm/nv50: fill in crtc mode struct members from crtc_mode_fixup drm/radeon/dce8: workaround for atom BlankCrtc table drm/radeon/DCE4+: clear bios scratch dpms bit (v2) drm/radeon: set si_notify_smc_display_change properly drm/radeon: fix DAC interrupt handling on DCE5+ drm/radeon: clean up active vram sizing drm/radeon: skip async dma init on r6xx drm/radeon/runpm: don't runtime suspend non-PX cards drm/radeon: add ring to fence trace functions drm/radeon: add missing trace point drm/radeon: fix VMID use tracking drm: ast,cirrus,mgag200: use drm_can_sleep drm/gma500: Lock struct_mutex around cursor updates drm/i915: Fix the offset issue for the stolen GEM objects DRM: armada: fix missing DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER select drm/i915: Decouple GPU error reporting from ring initialisation ...
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ In the current snapdragon SoC's, we have (at least) 3 different
display controller blocks at play:
+ MDP3 - ?? seems to be what is on geeksphone peak device
+ MDP4 - S3 (APQ8060, touchpad), S4-pro (APQ8064, nexus4 & ifc6410)
- + MDSS - snapdragon 800
+ + MDP5 - snapdragon 800
(I don't have a completely clear picture on which display controller
maps to which part #)
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ and treat the MDP4 block's irq as "the" irq. Even though the connectors
may have their own irqs which they install themselves. For this reason
the display controller is the "master" device.
+For MDP5, the mapping is:
+
+ plane -> PIPE{RGBn,VIGn} \
+ crtc -> LM (layer mixer) |-> MDP "device"
+ encoder -> INTF /
+ connector -> HDMI/DSI/eDP/etc --> other device(s)
+
+Unlike MDP4, it appears we can get by with a single encoder, rather
+than needing a different implementation for DTV, DSI, etc. (Ie. the
+register interface is same, just different bases.)
+
+Also unlike MDP4, with MDP5 all the IRQs for other blocks (HDMI, DSI,
+etc) are routed through MDP.
+
+And finally, MDP5 has this "Shared Memory Pool" (called "SMP"), from
+which blocks need to be allocated to the active pipes based on fetch
+stride.
+
Each connector probably ends up being a separate device, just for the
logistics of finding/mapping io region, irq, etc. Idealy we would
have a better way than just stashing the platform device in a global