[PATCH 18/35] drm/msm/dpu: get rid of DPU_PINGPONG_DSC

[Abhinav Kumar]

On 1/23/2025 1:32 PM, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/13/2024 2:14 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> Continue migration to the MDSS-revision based checks and replace
>> DPU_PINGPONG_DSC feature bit with the core_major_ver < 7 check.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/catalog/dpu_1_14_msm8937.h |  2 --
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/catalog/dpu_1_15_msm8917.h |  1 -
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/catalog/dpu_1_16_msm8953.h |  2 --
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/catalog/dpu_1_7_msm8996.h  |  6 ++----
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_catalog.c           | 10 
>> ++--------
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_catalog.h           |  2 --
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.c          |  2 +-
>>   7 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.c 
>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.c
>> index 
>> 36c0ec775b92036eaab26e1fa5331579651ac27c..49e03ecee9e8b567a3f809b977deb83731006ac0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_pingpong.c
>> @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ struct dpu_hw_pingpong 
>> *dpu_hw_pingpong_init(struct drm_device *dev,
>>           c->ops.disable_autorefresh = dpu_hw_pp_disable_autorefresh;
>>       }
>> -    if (test_bit(DPU_PINGPONG_DSC, &cfg->features)) {
>> +    if (mdss_rev->core_major_ver < 7) {
>>           c->ops.setup_dsc = dpu_hw_pp_setup_dsc;
>>           c->ops.enable_dsc = dpu_hw_pp_dsc_enable;
>>           c->ops.disable_dsc = dpu_hw_pp_dsc_disable;
>>
> 
> So far in this series, we replaced the feature bits with >= checks of 
> core_revisions. That kind of works as usually feature bits get added 
> after a specific version.
> 
> With this patch and later, whenever we use < checks it gets a bit tricky 
> as we might also need an upper bound. Feature bits gave individual 
> control of chipsets but generalizing that all chipsets < 7 have PP DSC 
> is also not correct. I have to really cross-check but there could be 
> some old chipsets which do not have DSC at all.

This raises another question as well.

what if some register was introduced >= X version but was then dropped 
in a newer chipset.

Is it not difficult for the user to go back to the files of each of the 
sub-blocks and alter these checks rather than just fixing up the catalog.