[Freedreno] [PATCH v3 06/10] drm/msm/dsi: Migrate to drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters()

[Abhinav Kumar]

On 10/17/2022 6:37 AM, Caleb Connolly wrote:
> 
> 
> On 17/10/2022 09:59, Marijn Suijten wrote:
>> On 2022-10-13 09:02:44, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
>>> On 10/13/2022 2:36 AM, Marijn Suijten wrote:
>>>> On 2022-10-12 16:03:06, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
>>>>> [..]
>>>>> But I would like to hold back this change till Vinod clarifies because
>>>>> Vinod had mentioned that with drm_dsc_compute_rc_parameters() he was
>>>>> seeing a mismatch in the computation of two values.
>>>>>
>>>>> slice_bpg_offset and the final_offset.
>>>>
>>>> Unsurprisingly so because final_offset, and slice_bpg_offset through
>>>> initial_offset depend directly on bits_per_pixel.  The main takeaway of
>>>> this series is that Vinod was interpreting this field as integer instead
>>>> of containing 4 fractional bits.  If he updates his the panel driver [1]
>>>> to set bits_per_pixel = 8 << 4 instead of just 8 to account for this,
>>>> the values should check out once again.
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://git.linaro.org/people/vinod.koul/kernel.git/commit/?h=topic/pixel3_5.18-rc1&id=1d7d98ad564f1ec69e7525e07418918d90f247a1
>>>>
>>>> Once Vinod (or someone else in the posession of a Pixel 3) confirms
>>>> this, I can respin this series and more explicitly explain why the FIXME
>>>> was put in place, instead of being resolved outright?
>>>>
>>>> - Marijn
>>>
>>> Makes perfect sense to me.
>>>
>>> Will just wait for Vinod's tested-by.
>>
>> Unfortunately Vinod doesn't have access to this device anymore, but
>> Caleb recently sent the support series including display driver for
>> Pixel 3 and is picking up the testing.  User "Newbyte" from #linux-msm
>> promised to test on the LG G7 to have even more input samples.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm hoping to pick the Pixel 3 stuff back up at some point, but right now there
> seem to be quite a few issues outside of DSC which make testing it a bit of a pain.
> 
> I gave Marijn's series [1] a go but wasn't able to get anything usable out of the
> panel, however I doubt this is a DSC issue as I've always needed some hacks to
> get the panel working - I've never had any success with it without skipping both
> the initial panel reset and sending the PPS payload.
> 
> I think if Marijn has managed to initialise a panel properly then the lack of
> Pixel 3 for validation shouldn't be a blocker to merge these fixes.
> 
> [1]:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20221009184824.457416-1-marijn.suijten@somainline.org/
> 
>>
>> - Marijn

Alright, the onus is then on Vinod/ users of pixel3 to report/debug 
whatever issues arise out of this computation.

Patch itself LGTM, hence

Reviewed-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk at quicinc.com>

> 
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Caleb
>