Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] drm/rockchip/dsi: fix insufficient bandwidth of some panel

From: John Keeping
Date: Tue Jan 17 2017 - 05:55:31 EST


On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:31:53 +0800, Chris Zhong wrote:

> On 01/16/2017 08:44 PM, John Keeping wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:08:31 +0800, Chris Zhong wrote:
> >
> >> Set the lanes bps to 1 / 0.9 times of pclk, the margin is not enough
> >> for some panel, it will cause the screen display is not normal, so
> >> increases the badnwidth to 1 / 0.8.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chris Zhong <zyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c | 4 ++--
> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
> >> index 9dfa73d..5a973fe 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
> >> @@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ static int dw_mipi_dsi_get_lane_bps(struct dw_mipi_dsi *dsi)
> >>
> >> mpclk = DIV_ROUND_UP(dsi->mode->clock, MSEC_PER_SEC);
> >> if (mpclk) {
> >> - /* take 1 / 0.9, since mbps must big than bandwidth of RGB */
> >> - tmp = mpclk * (bpp / dsi->lanes) * 10 / 9;
> >> + /* take 1 / 0.8, since mbps must big than bandwidth of RGB */
> >> + tmp = mpclk * (bpp / dsi->lanes) * 10 / 8;
> > This and patch 9 are just hacking around the underlying problem in order
> > to make particular panels work. I'm pretty sure the actual issue is the
> > use of hardcoded values when configuring the PHY, since the PHY
> > parameters are specified in clock cycles but the MIPI spec requires
> > absolute time durations.
> >
> > I posted a series addressing this a while ago, although I screwed up
> > sending it so some patches were included twice and since no one
> > expressed any interest I didn't post a cleaned up version.
> >
> > The relevant patch is here:
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9340193/
>
> Thanks very much, your patches are very useful for me. It looks your
> method is correct.
> And I am very confused why Mark Yao and me did not receive your patches
> before,
> although we have subscribed the <linux-rockchip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
>
> In addition, could you tell me which device ware you testing with these
> mipi patches.
> I going to test them these day.

I'm using RK3288 and I tested my patches with three different MIPI
displays, two of which require commands to be sent in order to set up
the panel.

Thanks for testing the patches.


John