[PATCH v2 03/14] drm/msm/a6xx: Introduce GMU wrapper support

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On 17/02/2023 23:41, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
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> On 17.02.2023 22:37, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On 14/02/2023 19:31, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>> Some (particularly SMD_RPM, a.k.a non-RPMh) SoCs implement A6XX GPUs
>>> but don't implement the associated GMUs. This is due to the fact that
>>> the GMU directly pokes at RPMh. Sadly, this means we have to take care
>>> of enabling & scaling power rails, clocks and bandwidth ourselves.
>>>
>>> Reuse existing Adreno-common code and modify the deeply-GMU-infused
>>> A6XX code to facilitate these GPUs. This involves if-ing out lots
>>> of GMU callbacks and introducing a new type of GMU - GMU wrapper.
>>> This is essentially a register region which is convenient to model
>>> as a device. We'll use it for managing the GDSCs.
>>
>> Why do you call it a wrapper?
> That's what Qualcomm calls it.. The GMU-less GPUs have (almost) all the
> same GMU GX/CX registers as the real GMUs in this 'wrapper' region, so
> that lets us reuse some code with gmu_(read/write/rmw) calls.
> 

Ack. If you can add this to the commit message, it would be great.

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With best wishes
Dmitry