[PATCH v2 1/2] drm/mipi-dsi: add (LPM) Low Power Mode transfer support

Andrzej Hajda a.hajda at samsung.com
Fri Aug 8 02:40:04 PDT 2014


On 08/08/2014 11:02 AM, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> On 08/08/2014 09:37 AM, Inki Dae wrote:
>> On 2014년 08월 08일 16:03, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 10:45:47AM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>> On 2014년 08월 07일 22:55, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 10:39:29PM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>>>> On 2014년 08월 07일 22:17, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 10:05:44PM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2014년 08월 07일 20:09, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 07:49:03PM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2014년 08월 07일 18:09, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 04:51:18PM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2014년 08월 07일 15:58, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 02:09:19AM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2014-08-06 16:43 GMT+09:00 Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As far as I can tell non-continuous mode simply means that the host can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> turn off the HS clock after a high-speed transmission. I think Andrzej
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned this already in another subthread, but this is an optional
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mode that peripherals can support if they have extra circuitry that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> provides an internal clock. Peripherals that don't have such circuitry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> may rely on the HS clock to perform in between transmissions and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> therefore require the HS clock to be always on (continuous mode). That's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what the MIPI_DSI_CLOCK_NON_CONTINUOUS flag is: it advertises that the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> peripheral supports non-continuous mode and therefore the host can turn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the HS clock off after high-speed transmissions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What I don't make sure is this sentence. With
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MIPI_DSI_CLOCK_NON_CONTIUOUS flag, I guess two possible operations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One is,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. host controller will generates signals if a bit of a register
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> related to non-contiguous clock mode is set or unset.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. And then video data is transmitted to panel in HS mode.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. And then D-PHY detects LP-11 signal (positive and negative lane all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are high).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4. And then D-PHY disables HS clock of host controller.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5. At this time, operation mode of host controller becomes LPM.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other is,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. host controller will generates signals if a bit of a register
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> related to non-contiguous clock mode is set or unset.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. And then D-PHY detects LP-11 signal (positive and negative lane all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are high).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. And then video data is transmitted to panel in LPM.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4. At this time, operation mode of host controller becomes LPM.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It seems that you says latter case.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. High speed clock and low power mode are orthogonal. Non-continuous
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mode simply means that the clock lane enters LP-11 between HS
>>>>>>>>>>>>> transmissions (see 5.6 "Clock Management" of the DSI specification).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It seems that clock lane enters LP-11 regardless of HS clock enabled if
>>>>>>>>>>>> non-continous mode is used. Right?
>>>>>>>>>>> No, I think as long as HS clock is enabled the clock lane won't enter
>>>>>>>>>>> LP-11. Non-continuous mode means that the controller can disable the HS
>>>>>>>>>>> clock between HS transmissions. So in non-continuous mode the clock lane
>>>>>>>>>>> can enter LP-11 because the controller disables the HS clock.
>>>>>>>>>> It makes me a little bit confusing. You said "if HS clock is enabled,
>>>>>>>>>> the the clock lane won't enter LP-11" But you said again "the clock lane
>>>>>>>>>> can enter LP-11 because the controller disables the HS clock" What is
>>>>>>>>>> the meaning?
>>>>>>>>> It means that if the HS clock is enabled, then the clock lane is not in
>>>>>>>>> LP-11. When the HS clock stops, then the clock lane enters LP-11.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In continuous mode, then the clock will never be disabled, hence the
>>>>>>>>>>> clock lane will never enter LP-11.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> And also it seems that non-continous mode is different from LPM at all
>>>>>>>>>>>> because with non-continuous mode, command data is transmitted to panel
>>>>>>>>>>>> in HS mode, but with LPM, command data is transmitted to panel in LP
>>>>>>>>>>>> mode. Also right?
>>>>>>>>>>> No. I think you can send command data to the peripheral in low power
>>>>>>>>>>> mode in both continuous and non-continuous clock modes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If so, shouldn't the host driver disable HS clock, in case of LP mode,
>>>>>>>>>>>> before the host driver transmits command data?
>>>>>>>>>>> No. If the peripheral doesn't support non-continuous mode, then the HS
>>>>>>>>>>> clock must never be turned off. On the other hand, if the peripheral
>>>>>>>>>>> supports non-continuous mode, then the DSI host should automatically
>>>>>>>>>>> disable the HS clock between high-speed transmissions. That means if a
>>>>>>>>>>> packet is transmitted in low power mode the DSI host will not be
>>>>>>>>>>> transmitting in high-speed mode and therefore disable the HS clock.
>>>>>>>>>> What is LPM you think? I thought LPM is LP-11 and HS clock disabled. So
>>>>>>>>>> for LPM transfer, lanes should be LP-11 state and also HS clock of the
>>>>>>>>>> host controller should be disabled.
>>>>>>>>> No. I don't think any transmissions can happen when all lanes are in
>>>>>>>>> LP-11 state. The MIPI_DSI_MSG_USE_LPM is used to specify that a packet
>>>>>>>>> should be transmitted in low power mode (see LP Transmission in 2.1
>>>>>>>>> "Definitions" of the MIPI DSI specification).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hm.. I see. I meant,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if (flags & MIPI_DSI_MSG_USE_LPM)
>>>>>>>>        disable HS clock <- required.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> transmit command data <- in LPM.
>>>>>>> No. Disabling the HS clock is not required for LPM mode. In fact if the
>>>>>>> peripheral specifies that it doesn't support non-continuous mode then
>>>>>>> the HS clock must *never* be disabled as long as the peripheral is in
>>>>>>> use.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MIPI_DSI_MSG_USE_LPM and MIPI_DSI_CLOCK_NON_CONTINUOUS are unrelated and
>>>>>>> need to be considered separately.
>>>>>> I mentioned already LPM and NON_CONTINUOUS are unrelated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that you say the only way to transfer command data in LPM is
>>>>>> non-continuous clock mode.
>>>>> No, that's not what I'm saying.
>>>>>
>>>>>> However, you said and also the spec says, "Non-continuous mode simply
>>>>>> means that the clock lane enters LP-11 between HS transmissions".
>>>>>> Doesn't *between HS transmissions" mean the command data is transmitted
>>>>>> in HS, *not in LPM*, and clock lane enters LP-11 between them?
>>>>> Not necessarily. You can transmit command packets in high-speed mode,
>>>>> but you don't have to. If you transmit packets in low power mode, then
>>>> That would may why we are mentioning same comments repeatedly.
>>>>
>>>> In my case, host driver waits for the lane stop state (LP-11), and then
>>>> disables HS clock to transmit command data in LPM. Of course, I'm not
>>>> sure that yet it's correct way.
>>> That's confusing. How can the lane go to LP-11 when the clock is still
>>> running?
>> Actually, we are doing so. If the clock is still running then dsi driver
>> will wait for stop state of the clock and data lanes. Know that this is
>> valid only when initial time - just one time since power up.
>>
>> 	/* Check clock and data lane state are stop state */
>> 	timeout = 100;
>> 	do {
>> 		if (timeout-- == 0) {
>> 			dev_err(dsi->dev, "waiting for bus lanes timed out\n");
>> 			return -EFAULT;
>> 		}
>>
>> 		reg = readl(dsi->reg_base + DSIM_STATUS_REG);
>> 		if ((reg & DSIM_STOP_STATE_DAT(lanes_mask))
>> 		    != DSIM_STOP_STATE_DAT(lanes_mask))
>> 			continue;
>> 	} while (!(reg & (DSIM_STOP_STATE_CLK | DSIM_TX_READY_HS_CLK)));
> 
> This is only in initialization phase of DSI. 'If' inside the loop is
> quite clear
> - it checks for LP11 on all requested data lanes. 'while' check is
> little bit suspicious.
> It seems to be only for non-continuous clock behavior, on the other side
> it is according to guidelines
> in specs.

After reviewing it again 'while' check looks OK :), sorry for noise.
Loop exits w/o timeout either HS_CLK is ready (continuous clock
behavior) either HS_CLK is stopped (non-continuous clock behavior).

Regards
Andrzej

> 
> Inki, have you tried to take an assumption your panel requires
> continuous clock behavior and exynos
> dsi driver currently supports only non-continuous clock behavior, so it
> needs some fixes to make it work.
> Exynos specs are very unclear on the subject so it is hard to guess how
> the registers should be configured
> to have continuous/non-continuous clock behavior.
> 
> Regards
> Andrzej
> 
>>
>>>> In Tegra, What to do for it?
>>> There are two bits in two separate registers for this:
>>>
>>> 	DSI_HOST_CONTROL:
>>> 	  bit 5: DSI_HIGH_SPEED_TRANS: DSI high speed transmission of
>>> 	                               packets
>>> 	    - 0 = LOW: low speed
>>> 	    - 1 = HIGH: high speed
>>>
>>> 	DSI_CONTROL:
>>> 	  bit 20: DSI_HS_CLK_CTRL: Control for the HS clock lane
>>> 	    - 0 = CONTINUOUS: HS clock is on all the time
>>> 	    - 1 = TX_ONLY: HS clock is only active during HS
>>> 	                   transmissions
>>>
>>> So if the peripheral supports non-continuous mode of operation we set
>>> the DSI_HS_CLK_CTRL bit, otherwise we clear it to make sure the clock
>>> remains on all the time.
>>>
>>> When a packet is to be transmitted in high speed mode, we set the
>>> DSI_HIGH_SPEED_TRANS bit. For low power mode transmissions that bit is
>>> cleared.
>> That is exactly what I want. In your case, if you want to transmit
>> command data in Low Power Mode in case of supporting non-continuous
>> clock mode, then you would set DSI_HS_CLK_CTRL (TX_ONLY), and also you
>> would clear DSI_HIGH_SPEED_TRANS (LOW).
>>
>> So I guess,
>>
>> if (flags & MIPI_DSI_MODE_NON_CONTINUOUS) {
>>         disable DSI_HIGH_SPEED_TRANS;   <- LOW
>>         enable DSI_HS_CLK_CTRL; <- TX_ONLY
>> }
>>
>> transmit command data <- in LPM.
>>
>> However, what if the peripheral doesn't support non-continuous but want
>> to transmit command data in LPM? Is that  impossible?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Inki Dae
>>
>>> Thierry
>>>
>>
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