[PATCH v10 2/2] drm: add kms driver for loongson display controller

[Sui Jingfeng]

Hi,

On 2023/4/4 22:10, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> +       val = lsdc_crtc_rreg32(ldev, LSDC_CRTC0_CFG_REG, index);
>> +       /* clear old dma step settings */
>> +       val &= ~CFG_DMA_STEP_MASK;
>> +
>> +       if (descp->chip == CHIP_LS7A2000) {
>> +               /*
>> +                * Using large dma step as much as possible,
>> +                * for improve hardware DMA efficiency.
>> +                */
>> +               if (width_in_bytes % 256 == 0)
>> +                       val |= LSDC_DMA_STEP_256_BYTES;
>> +               else if (width_in_bytes % 128 == 0)
>> +                       val |= LSDC_DMA_STEP_128_BYTES;
>> +               else if (width_in_bytes % 64 == 0)
>> +                       val |= LSDC_DMA_STEP_64_BYTES;
>> +               else  /* width_in_bytes % 32 == 0 */
>> +                       val |= LSDC_DMA_STEP_32_BYTES;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       clk_func->update(pixpll, &priv_state->pparms);
>> +
> Without knowing the hardware, the clk_func abstraction seems quite
> arbitrary and unnecessary. It should be introduced when there is a
> use-case for it.
>
>
The clk_func is necessary,  clk_func->update() will eventually call 
ls7a1000_pixpll_param_update()

to generate pixel clock frequency required by the display device.  There 
is a abstract because different

bridges chip/SoC variants has the different register to operate, either 
because the register offset changed

or the arrangement  of specific bits field changed.


For the point view of the hardware, the PLL hardware belong to the 
bridge chip.

There is a clock tree which wrangler all of the PLL hardware, sub-device 
may partially share the hardware PLL.


The abstraction is used to suppress hardware variants which may change over time.

For ls7a1000, there is user manual document about the clock tree and PLL, see[1][2][3]


[1] https://loongson.github.io/LoongArch-Documentation/Loongson-7A1000-usermanual-EN#description-of-clock-function
[2] https://loongson.github.io/LoongArch-Documentation/Loongson-7A1000-usermanual-EN#section-pll-pix-0-configuration-register
[3] https://loongson.github.io/LoongArch-Documentation/Loongson-7A1000-usermanual-EN#configuration-method-of-pll