[PATCH 20/32] drm/amd/display: Document some of the DML structs

Tom Chung chiahsuan.chung at amd.com
Fri Aug 5 17:58:14 UTC 2022


From: Rodrigo Siqueira <Rodrigo.Siqueira at amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Harry Wentland <Harry.Wentland at amd.com>
Acked-by: Tom Chung <chiahsuan.chung at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <Rodrigo.Siqueira at amd.com>
---
 .../amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_structs.h | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_structs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_structs.h
index e8b094006d95..8538588e7754 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_structs.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_structs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
 #include "dc_features.h"
 #include "display_mode_enums.h"
 
+/**
+ * DOC: overview
+ *
+ * Most of the DML code is automatically generated and tested via hardware
+ * description language. Usually, we use the reference _vcs_dpi in the code
+ * where VCS means "Verilog Compiled Simulator" and DPI stands for "Direct
+ * Programmer Interface". In other words, those structs can be used to
+ * interface with Verilog with other languages such as C.
+ */
+
 #ifndef __DISPLAY_MODE_STRUCTS_H__
 #define __DISPLAY_MODE_STRUCTS_H__
 
@@ -159,6 +169,14 @@ struct _vcs_dpi_voltage_scaling_st {
 	double dtbclk_mhz;
 };
 
+/**
+ * _vcs_dpi_soc_bounding_box_st: SOC definitions
+ *
+ * This struct maintains the SOC Bounding Box information for the ASIC; it
+ * defines things such as clock, voltage, performance, etc. Usually, we load
+ * these values from VBIOS; if something goes wrong, we use some hard-coded
+ * values, which will enable the ASIC to light up with limitations.
+ */
 struct _vcs_dpi_soc_bounding_box_st {
 	struct _vcs_dpi_voltage_scaling_st clock_limits[DC__VOLTAGE_STATES];
 	/*
@@ -166,6 +184,11 @@ struct _vcs_dpi_soc_bounding_box_st {
 	 * clock table. Do not use outside of *update_bw_boudning_box functions.
 	 */
 	struct _vcs_dpi_voltage_scaling_st _clock_tmp[DC__VOLTAGE_STATES];
+
+	/**
+	 * @num_states: It represents the total of Display Power Management
+	 * (DPM) supported by the specific ASIC.
+	 */
 	unsigned int num_states;
 	double sr_exit_time_us;
 	double sr_enter_plus_exit_time_us;
@@ -231,6 +254,14 @@ struct _vcs_dpi_soc_bounding_box_st {
 	enum self_refresh_affinity allow_dram_self_refresh_or_dram_clock_change_in_vblank;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @_vcs_dpi_ip_params_st: IP configuraion for DCN blocks
+ *
+ * In this struct you can find the DCN configuration associated to the specific
+ * ASIC. For example, here we can save how many DPPs the ASIC is using and it
+ * is available.
+ *
+ */
 struct _vcs_dpi_ip_params_st {
 	bool use_min_dcfclk;
 	bool clamp_min_dcfclk;
@@ -283,6 +314,9 @@ struct _vcs_dpi_ip_params_st {
 	unsigned int writeback_line_buffer_chroma_buffer_size;
 
 	unsigned int max_page_table_levels;
+	/**
+	 * @max_num_dpp: Maximum number of DPP supported in the target ASIC.
+	 */
 	unsigned int max_num_dpp;
 	unsigned int max_num_otg;
 	unsigned int cursor_chunk_size;
-- 
2.25.1



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