[PATCH 4/4] drm/i915/cdclk: Document CDCLK update methods
Gustavo Sousa
gustavo.sousa at intel.com
Fri Feb 16 12:51:36 UTC 2024
Quoting Ville Syrjala (2024-02-06 22:33:34-03:00)
>From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
>
>Add a bit of documentation to briefly explain the methods
>by which we can change the CDCLK frequency.
>
>Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
>---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c
>index ca00586fdbc8..30dae4fef6cb 100644
>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c
>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c
>@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
> * DMC will not change the active CDCLK frequency however, so that part
> * will still be performed by the driver directly.
> *
>+ * Several methods exist to change the CDCLK frequency, which ones are
>+ * supported depends on the platform:
>+ * - Full PLL disable + re-enable with new VCO frequency. Pipes must be inactive.
>+ * - CD2X divider update. Single pipe can be active as the divider update
>+ * can be synchronized with the pipe's start of vblank.
>+ * - Crawl the PLL smoothly to the new VCO frequency. Pipes can be active.
>+ * - Squash waveform update. Pipes can be active.
>+ * - Crawl and squash can also be done back to back. Pipes can be active.
>+ *
Reviewed-by: Gustavo Sousa <gustavo.sousa at intel.com>
I think it would also be nice to have some explanation of the components
involved in the generation of the CDCLK. I would prepend this paragraph
with something like:
The are multiple components involved in the generation of the CDCLK
frequency:
- We have the CDCLK PLL, which generates an output clock
based on a reference clock.
- The CD2X Divider, which divides the output of the PLL based on a
divisor selected from a set of pre-defined choices.
- The CD2X Squasher, which further divides the output based on a
waveform represented as a sequence of bits where each zero
"squashes out" a clock cycle.
- And finally a fixed divider that divides the output frequency by
2.
As such, the resulting CDCLK frequency can be calculated with the
following formula:
cdclk = vco / cd2x_div / (sq_len / sq_div) / 2
, where vco is the frequency output from the PLL; cd2x_div
represents the CD2X Divider; sq_len and sq_div are the bit length
and the number of high bits for the CD2X Squasher waveform; and 2
represents the fixed divider.
Note that some older platforms do not contain the CD2X Divider
and/or CD2X Squasher, in which case we can ignore their respective
factors in the formula above.
In case you like it, we could either add it to this patch or I could send as
a separate patch. Your call.
--
Gustavo Sousa
> * RAWCLK is a fixed frequency clock, often used by various auxiliary
> * blocks such as AUX CH or backlight PWM. Hence the only thing we
> * really need to know about RAWCLK is its frequency so that various
>--
>2.43.0
>
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