[PATCH v9 00/19] Add Freescale i.MX8qxp Display Controller support

Liu Ying victor.liu at nxp.com
Wed May 14 09:05:15 UTC 2025


On 05/07/2025, Liu Ying wrote:
> Hi Maxime, drm/misc maintainers,
> 
> On 04/14/2025, Liu Ying wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch series aims to add Freescale i.MX8qxp Display Controller support.
>>
>> The controller is comprised of three main components that include a blit
>> engine for 2D graphics accelerations, display controller for display output
>> processing, as well as a command sequencer.
>>
>> Previous patch series attempts to do that can be found at:
>> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/84524/
>>
>> This series addresses Maxime's comments on the previous one:
>> a. Split the display controller into multiple internal devices.
>>    1) List display engine, pixel engine, interrupt controller and more as the
>>       controller's child devices.
>>    2) List display engine and pixel engine's processing units as their child
>>       devices.
>>
>> b. Add minimal feature support.
>>    Only support two display pipelines with primary planes with XR24 fb,
>>    backed by two fetchunits.  No fetchunit dynamic allocation logic(to be done
>>    when necessary).
>>
>> c. Use drm_dev_{enter, exit}().
>>
>> Since this series changes a lot comparing to the previous one, I choose to
>> send it with a new patch series, not a new version.
>>
>> To follow up i.MX8qxp TRM, I changed the controller name to "Display Controller"
>> instead of the previous "DPU".  "DPU" is only mentioned in the SoC block
>> diagram and represents the whole display subsystem which includes the display
>> controller and prefech engines, etc.
>>
>> With an additional patch[1] for simple-pm-bus.c, this series facilitates
>> testing a LVDS panel on i.MX8qxp MEK.
>>
>> Please do NOT merge patch 14-19.  They are only used to facilitate testing
>> the LVDS panel.
>>
>> Maxime, patch 1-13 have already been reviewed by maintainers, can you please
>> consider to land patch 1-13?
> 
> Gentle ping. Do you think it's ok to land patch 1-13?
> I may try to push them to drm/misc if needed.

I've applied patch 1-13 to misc/kernel.git (drm-misc-next).
s/irq_linear_revmap/irq_find_mapping/ for patch 11 before the push, because
commit 4d90cc80aa1f ("irqdomain: Drop irq_linear_revmap()") drops
irq_linear_revmap().

> 
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/25/120
>>
>> v9:
>> * Rebase on v6.15-rc1.
>> * Collect Rob's R-b tag on patch 6.
>> * Collect Dmitry's R-b tags on patch 9&10.
>> * Collect Maxime's R-b tag on patch 13.
>>
>> v8:
>> * Drop instance numbers from display controller internal devices' compatible
>>   strings. This means switching back to patches for DT bindings in v4. So, add
>>   Rob's previous R-b tags back on patches for DT bindings. (Dmitry)
>> * Get display controller internal device instance numbers through register
>>   start addresses of the devices in patch 9&10, instead of compatible strings.
>>   (Dmitry)
>> * s/shdld/shdload/ for IRQs in patch 9/10/12. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop dc_plane_check_no_off_screen() from patch 12. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop id member from struct dc_de from patch 9. (Dmitry)
>> * Add dc_{de,pe}_post_bind() to patch 9&10, to avoid dependency on the
>>   component helper's way of implementing component binding order. (Dmitry)
>> * Add dev_warn() to dc_lb_pec_dynamic_{prim,sec}_sel() in patch 10. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop lb_links[] and dc_fetchunit_all_fracs[] arrays from patch 10. (Dmitry)
>> * Collect Dmitry's R-b tags on patch 11&12.
>>
>> v7:
>> * Drop using DT aliases for display controller internal devices and add
>>   instance numbers to display controller internal devices' compatible
>>   strings. Drop Rob's R-b tags on some DT bindings patches. (Rob)
>> * Drop using typeof in macros and explicitly define variable types in patch 12.
>>   (Dmitry)
>> * Add a comment for disable_irq_nosync() to explain why _nosync in patch 12.
>>   (Dmitry)
>> * Inline dc_crtc_check_clock() in patch 12. (Dmitry)
>> * Use global drm_dc->pe in patch 12. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop dc_crtc_disable_at_unbind() from KMS driver in patch 12. (Dmitry)
>> * Add kernel doc for struct dc_{crtc,drm_device,plane} in patch 9/10/12.
>>   (Dmitry)
>> * Define common IRQ handlers separately for each IRQs in patch 12. (Dmitry)
>> * Rebase this series upon next-20241220, so drop date entry from drm_driver
>>   and correctly include drm/clients/drm_client_setup.h.
>> * Fix regmap_config definitions for display controller internal device drivers
>>   in patch 9/10/11 by correcting name field, correcting read ranges and setting
>>   max_register field.
>> * Get instance numbers from device data(compatible strings) instead of OF
>>   aliases in display controller internal device drivers in patch 9/10/11.
>> * Collect Maxime's R-b tags on interrupt controller driver and display drivers.
>> * Trivial tweaks.
>>
>> v6:
>> * Fix build warning by expanding sizeof(fu->name) from 13 to 21 in patch 10.
>>   (kernel test robot)
>>
>> v5:
>> * Document display controller device's and some display controller internal
>>   devices' aliases in DT bindings. Hence, drop collected R-b tags from some
>>   patches for DT bindings. (Maxime)
>> * Replace .remove_new with .remove in all drivers. (Uwe)
>> * Select REGMAP and REGMAP_MMIO options in patch 9.
>> * Fix patch 9 & 10's commit message to state that display engine driver and
>>   pixel engine driver are component drivers instead of master/aggregate drivers.
>>
>> v4:
>> * Collect Rob's R-b tags on DT binding patches(patch 1-5).
>> * Replace "fsl,iram" property with standard "sram" property in
>>   fsl,imx8qxp-dc-command-sequencer.yaml in patch 6. (Rob)
>> * Use regmap to define register map for all registers. (Dmitry)
>> * Use regmap APIs to access registers. (Dmitry)
>> * Inline some small functions. (Dmitry)
>> * Move dc_fg_displaymode(), dc_fg_panic_displaymode() and dc_lb_blendcontrol()
>>   function calls from KMS routine to initialization stage. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop dc-crtc.h and dc-plane.h header files and move relevant defines to
>>   appropriate .h header files or .c source files. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop futile "else" clause from dc_crtc_common_irq_handler(). (Dmitry)
>> * Drop dc_drm->pe_rpm_count. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop DC_{CRTCS,ENCODERS,PRIMARYS} macros and only use DC_DISPLAYS. (Dmitry)
>> * Drop drmm_kcalloc() function call to allocate an array for storing IRQs.
>>   Instead, put it in struct dc_crtc.  (Dmitry)
>> * Call devm_request_irq() to request IRQs, instead of using drmm action.
>>   (Dmitry)
>> * Call devm_drm_of_get_bridge() to find the next bridge. (Dmitry)
>> * Select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION due to rebase.
>> * Select the missing DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER and DRM_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR.
>> * Use devm_kzalloc() to drmm_kzalloc() to allocate dc_* data strutures.
>> * Drop unnecessary private struct dc_*_priv from DC internal device drivers.
>> * Set suppress_bind_attrs driver flag to true in DC internal device drivers
>>   to avoid unnecessary sys interfaces to bind/unbind the drivers.
>> * Make some fetch unit operations be aware of fractional fetch unit index(0-7).
>> * Take DC interrupt controller driver as a standalone driver instead of a
>>   component driver.
>> * Replace drmm_kcalloc() with devm_kcalloc() to allocate an array for
>>   struct dc_ic_entry.
>> * Call platform_get_irq() from DC interrupt controller driver to make sure
>>   parent interrupt controller driver is probed first.
>> * Use DRM_FBDEV_DMA_DRIVER_OPS due to rebase.
>> * Replace drm_fbdev_dma_setup() with drm_client_setup_with_fourcc() due to
>>   rebase.
>> * Replace drmm_add_action_or_reset() with devm_add_action_or_reset() to
>>   register dc_drm_component_unbind_all() action.
>> * Request interrupts in dc_crtc_post_init() after encoder initialization to
>>   make sure next bridge is found first.
>> * Trivial tweaks.
>>
>> v3:
>> * Collect Rob's R-b tag on the patch for adding fsl,imx8qxp-dc-intc.yaml.
>> * Combine fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchunit-common.yaml,
>>   fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchlayer.yaml and fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchwarp.yaml
>>   into 1 schema doc fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchunit.yaml. (Rob)
>> * Document all processing units, command sequencer, axi performance counter
>>   and blit engine. (Rob)
>>
>> v2:
>> * Drop fsl,dc-*-id DT properties from fsl,imx8qxp-dc*.yaml. (Krzysztof)
>> * Move port property from fsl,imx8qxp-dc-display-engine.yaml to
>>   fsl,imx8qxp-dc-tcon.yaml. (Krzysztof)
>> * Drop unneeded "|" from fsl,imx8qxp-dc-intc.yaml. (Krzysztof)
>> * Use generic pmu pattern property in fsl,imx8qxp-dc.yaml. (Krzysztof)
>> * Fix register range size in fsl,imx8qxp-dc*.yaml.
>> * Use OF alias id to get instance id from display driver.
>> * Find next bridge from TCon's port from display driver.
>> * Drop drm/drm_module.h include from dc-drv.c.
>> * Improve file list in MAINTAINERS. (Frank)
>> * Add entire i.MX8qxp display controller device tree for review. (Krzysztof)
>> * Add MIPI/LVDS subsystems device tree and a DT overlay for imx8qxp
>>   MEK to test a LVDS panel as an example. (Francesco)
>>
>> Liu Ying (19):
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller processing
>>     units
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller blit engine
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller display
>>     engine
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller pixel
>>     engine
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller AXI
>>     performance counter
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller command
>>     sequencer
>>   dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller
>>     interrupt controller
>>   dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller
>>   drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller display engine
>>   drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller pixel engine
>>   drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller interrupt controller
>>   drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller KMS
>>   MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for i.MX8qxp Display Controller
>>   dt-bindings: phy: mixel, mipi-dsi-phy: Allow assigned-clock*
>>     properties
>>   dt-bindings: firmware: imx: Add SCU controlled display pixel link
>>     nodes
>>   arm64: dts: imx8qxp: Add display controller subsystem
>>   arm64: dts: imx8qxp: Add MIPI-LVDS combo subsystems
>>   arm64: dts: imx8qxp-mek: Enable display controller
>>   arm64: dts: imx8qxp-mek: Add MX8-DLVDS-LCD1 display module support
>>
>>  ...sl,imx8qxp-dc-axi-performance-counter.yaml |  57 ++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-blit-engine.yaml       | 204 +++++++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-blitblend.yaml |  41 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-clut.yaml      |  44 ++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-command-sequencer.yaml |  67 +++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-constframe.yaml        |  44 ++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-display-engine.yaml    | 152 +++++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-dither.yaml    |  45 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-extdst.yaml    |  72 +++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchunit.yaml | 141 +++++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-filter.yaml    |  43 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-framegen.yaml  |  64 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-gammacor.yaml  |  32 +
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-layerblend.yaml        |  39 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-matrix.yaml    |  44 ++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-pixel-engine.yaml      | 250 ++++++++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-rop.yaml       |  43 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-safety.yaml    |  34 ++
>>  .../imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-scaling-engine.yaml    |  83 +++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-signature.yaml |  53 ++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-store.yaml     |  96 +++
>>  .../display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-tcon.yaml      |  45 ++
>>  .../bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc.yaml  | 236 ++++++++
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/firmware/fsl,scu.yaml |  20 +
>>  .../fsl,imx8qxp-dc-intc.yaml                  | 318 ++++++++++
>>  .../bindings/phy/mixel,mipi-dsi-phy.yaml      |   5 -
>>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   8 +
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile        |   2 +
>>  .../arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8-ss-dc0.dtsi | 408 +++++++++++++
>>  .../imx8qxp-mek-mx8-dlvds-lcd1-lvds0-odd.dtso | 183 ++++++
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp-mek.dts |  34 ++
>>  .../boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp-ss-dc.dtsi     | 240 ++++++++
>>  .../dts/freescale/imx8qxp-ss-mipi-lvds.dtsi   | 437 ++++++++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp.dtsi    |   7 +-
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/Kconfig                   |   1 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/Makefile                  |   1 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/Kconfig                |  13 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/Makefile               |   7 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-cf.c                | 172 ++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-crtc.c              | 555 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-de.c                | 177 ++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-de.h                |  59 ++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-drv.c               | 293 +++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-drv.h               | 102 ++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-ed.c                | 288 +++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fg.c                | 376 ++++++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fl.c                | 185 ++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fu.c                | 258 ++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fu.h                | 129 ++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fw.c                | 222 +++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-ic.c                | 282 +++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-kms.c               | 143 +++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-kms.h               | 131 +++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-lb.c                | 325 ++++++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-pe.c                | 158 +++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-pe.h                | 101 ++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-plane.c             | 224 +++++++
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-tc.c                | 141 +++++
>>  58 files changed, 7928 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-axi-performance-counter.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-blit-engine.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-blitblend.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-clut.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-command-sequencer.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-constframe.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-display-engine.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-dither.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-extdst.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-fetchunit.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-filter.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-framegen.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-gammacor.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-layerblend.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-matrix.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-pixel-engine.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-rop.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-safety.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-scaling-engine.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-signature.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-store.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-tcon.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/imx/fsl,imx8qxp-dc.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,imx8qxp-dc-intc.yaml
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8-ss-dc0.dtsi
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp-mek-mx8-dlvds-lcd1-lvds0-odd.dtso
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp-ss-dc.dtsi
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qxp-ss-mipi-lvds.dtsi
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/Kconfig
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/Makefile
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-cf.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-crtc.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-de.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-de.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-drv.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-drv.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-ed.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fg.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fl.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fu.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fu.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-fw.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-ic.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-kms.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-kms.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-lb.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-pe.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-pe.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-plane.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dc/dc-tc.c
>>
> 

-- 
Regards,
Liu Ying


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