[RFC PATCH v1] drm/tegra: vic: Defer firmware loading until it is really needed

Dmitry Osipenko digetx at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 12:03:38 UTC 2018


DRM driver fails to load if VIC firmware is missing, let's defer the
firmware loading until it is really needed. This eliminates the need
to have initrd with the firmware if DRM driver is compiled as built-in.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
index d47983deb1cf..efb75f290ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
@@ -96,6 +96,34 @@ static int vic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int vic_load_firmware(struct vic *vic)
+{
+	struct host1x_client *client = &vic->client.base;
+	struct drm_device *dev = dev_get_drvdata(client->parent);
+	struct tegra_drm *tegra = dev->dev_private;
+	int err;
+
+	if (vic->falcon.data)
+		return 0;
+
+	vic->falcon.data = tegra;
+
+	err = falcon_read_firmware(&vic->falcon, vic->config->firmware);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err_cleanup;
+
+	err = falcon_load_firmware(&vic->falcon);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err_cleanup;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_cleanup:
+	vic->falcon.data = NULL;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int vic_boot(struct vic *vic)
 {
 	u32 fce_ucode_size, fce_bin_data_offset;
@@ -105,6 +133,10 @@ static int vic_boot(struct vic *vic)
 	if (vic->booted)
 		return 0;
 
+	err = vic_load_firmware(vic);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
 	/* setup clockgating registers */
 	vic_writel(vic, CG_IDLE_CG_DLY_CNT(4) |
 			CG_IDLE_CG_EN |
@@ -181,13 +213,6 @@ static int vic_init(struct host1x_client *client)
 		vic->domain = tegra->domain;
 	}
 
-	if (!vic->falcon.data) {
-		vic->falcon.data = tegra;
-		err = falcon_load_firmware(&vic->falcon);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto detach;
-	}
-
 	vic->channel = host1x_channel_request(client->dev);
 	if (!vic->channel) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -372,10 +397,6 @@ static int vic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	err = falcon_read_firmware(&vic->falcon, vic->config->firmware);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto exit_falcon;
-
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, vic);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vic->client.base.list);
-- 
2.19.1



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