[Ask for help] i.MX6 dual display

[Sean Nyekjær]

Hi Philipp
>
>> I have an i.MX6Q running 4.9 LTS with etnaviv.
>> We would like to have both the HDMI and LVDS outputs enabled a once.
>>
>> If I enable hdmi and lvds in the devicetree, we have only output on the
>> hdmi port.
> Probably both LVDS and HDMI are clocked from the video PLL (PLL5). It is
> rather unlikely to have a combination of LVDS Display and HDMI mode that
> can be driven from the same PLL frequency, as the LVDS serializer input
> clock is 3.5 times or 7 times the LVDS pixel clock.
> You can check the clock tree in /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary.
>
> If you want to support connecting arbitrary monitors at all, you'll have
> to move the LDB clock input to another PLL that can be set to the LVDS
> serializer clock rate without disturbing other peripherals.
> Due to a bug in the i.MX6Q LDB clock dividers, this has to be done once,
> early during boot, using the assigned-clocks/assigned-clock-parents
> device tree properties of the &clks node. To find example device trees,
> see:
>
>    git grep -A3 assigned-clocks.*LDB_DI0_SEL arch/arm/boot/dts
>
I have this in my devicetree:
&clks {
      assigned-clocks = <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_LDB_DI0_SEL>,
             <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_LDB_DI1_SEL>;
     assigned-clock-parents = <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_PLL3_USB_OTG>,
             <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_PLL3_USB_OTG>;
};
That should be enough?
>> So basically I have 2 questions:
>> Is it possible to have both LVDS and HDMI enabled at once from the same ipu?
> Yes, if the resolution isn't too high. The IPU pixel clock / bandwidth
> limitations depend on whether both DIs are active.
> Also only one of the displays will have overlay plane support, if that
> is relevant to you, since there's only one DP that can do composition in
> each IPU.
Any way to tell if the IPU pixel clock is too high?
My LVDS display:
static const struct drm_display_mode xin_sun_xf1011280800_mode = {
         .clock       = 71100,
         .hdisplay    = 1280,
         .hsync_start = 1280 + 40,
         .hsync_end   = 1280 + 40 + 80,
         .htotal      = 1280 + 40 + 80 + 40,
         .vdisplay    = 800,
         .vsync_start = 800 + 10,
         .vsync_end   = 800 + 10 + 10,
         .vtotal      = 800 + 10 + 10 + 3,
         .vrefresh    = 60,
         .flags       = DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC | DRM_MODE_FLAG_NHSYNC,
}
HDMI would be fine in 720p mode.

>
>> Can i move the HDMI output to the other ipu and how?
> Yes, see arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-utilite-pro.dts for an example: After
> severing the OF graph links between the IPU1 DIs and the HDMI encoder
> in the device tree, the HDMI output can only be driven by IPU2:
>
>    /delete-node/&ipu1_di0_hdmi;
>    /delete-node/&hdmi_mux_0;
>    /delete-node/&ipu1_di1_hdmi;
>    /delete-node/&hdmi_mux_1;
Thanks if I add this I get LVDS output and a blank HDMI output.
I have only one fb device. It it possible to get a second one for IPU2?

My prefered option would be the HDMI and LVDS mirrored.

Thanks for your help :-)
/Sean