Re: [PATCH v2 19/26] drm/rockchip: dw-mipi-dsi: improve PLL configuration

From: Chris Zhong
Date: Mon Jan 23 2017 - 21:44:07 EST




On 01/23/2017 08:49 PM, John Keeping wrote:
Hi Chris,

On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:38:54 +0800, Chris Zhong wrote:
On 01/22/2017 12:31 AM, John Keeping wrote:
The multiplication ratio for the PLL is required to be even due to the
use of a "by 2 pre-scaler". Currently we are likely to end up with an
odd multiplier even though there is an equivalent set of parameters with
an even multiplier.

For example, using the 324MHz bit rate with a reference clock of 24MHz
we end up with M = 27, N = 2 whereas the example in the PHY databook
gives M = 54, N = 4 for this bit rate and reference clock.

By walking down through the available multiplier instead of up we are
more likely to hit an even multiplier. With the above example we do now
get M = 54, N = 4 as given by the databook.

While doing this, change the loop limits to encode the actual limits on
the divisor, which are:

40MHz >= (pllref / N) >= 5MHz
This formula is limit for N, but we still can not guarantee to get an
even M.
Do you think we should do a check for M.
such as:
if (m % 2)
continue;
...
for (i = pllref / 5; i > (pllref / 40); i--) {
pre = pllref / i;
if ((tmp > (target_mbps % pre)) && (target_mbps / pre < 512)) {
tmp = target_mbps % pre;
n = i;
m = target_mbps / pre;
if (m % 2)
continue;
}
if (tmp == 0)
break;
}

if (m % 2)
m++;

dsi->lane_mbps = pllref / n * m;
dsi->input_div = n;
dsi->feedback_div = m;
Yes, I agree that there should be a check for M, but I'm not sure if
the version above is sufficient. The "m % 2" check inside the loop
means that we don't break immediately when tmp=0 but then we are
guaranteed to break next time without having modified n, m because now
tmp=0 so "tmp > (target_mbps % pre)" is always false and we just hit the
"if (tmp == 0) break" case next time.

Given that the descending loop already means that if we can hit "tmp"
exactly we are more likely to do so with a bigger N and even M, I think
it might be better to just fix M after the loop like:

if (m % 2) {
if (m < 256 && (n * 2) <= (pllref / 5)) {
n *= 2;
m *= 2;
} else {
m++;
}
}

but I haven't thought about this too carefully.

For this series, I'd rather either keep this patch as it is or drop it
in favour of a more comprehensive solution. I don't want to block the
other fixes waiting for a perfect fix here and we can always improve
this further with a follow-up patch.
Agree, We can improve the whole formula in the future.


Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Unchanged in v2
---
drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
index 12432e41971b..f2320cf1366c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int dw_mipi_dsi_get_lane_bps(struct dw_mipi_dsi *dsi,
pllref = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk_get_rate(dsi->pllref_clk), USEC_PER_SEC);
tmp = pllref;
- for (i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
+ for (i = pllref / 5; i > (pllref / 40); i--) {
pre = pllref / i;
if ((tmp > (target_mbps % pre)) && (target_mbps / pre < 512)) {
tmp = target_mbps % pre;