2018-08-24 08:56:36

by Peter Rosin

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Subject: [PATCH 0/2] drm/atmel-hlcdc: revise selection of pixel-clock frequency divider

Hi!

Some background can be found here:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2018-August/187182.html

The "10 times" discriminator in patch 2/2 can certainly be discussed...

Cheers,
Peter

Peter Rosin (2):
drm/atmel-hlcdc: prefer a higher rate clock as pixel-clock base
drm/atmel-hlcdc: allow selecting a higher pixel-clock that requested

drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--
2.11.0



2018-08-24 08:56:47

by Peter Rosin

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Subject: [PATCH 1/2] drm/atmel-hlcdc: prefer a higher rate clock as pixel-clock base

If the divider used to get the pixel-clock is small, the granularity
of the frequencies possible for the pixel-clock is quite coarse. E.g.
requesting a pixel-clock of 65MHz with a sys_clk of 132MHz results
in the divider being set to 3 ending up with 44MHz.

By preferring the doubled sys_clk as base, the divider instead ends
up as 5 yielding a pixel-clock of 52.8Mhz, which is a definite
improvement.

While at it, clamp the divider so that it does not overflow in case
it gets big.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
index c38a479ada98..71c9cd90d2ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
@@ -101,18 +101,22 @@ static void atmel_hlcdc_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *c)
(adj->crtc_hdisplay - 1) |
((adj->crtc_vdisplay - 1) << 16));

- cfg = 0;
+ cfg = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;

- prate = clk_get_rate(crtc->dc->hlcdc->sys_clk);
+ prate = 2 * clk_get_rate(crtc->dc->hlcdc->sys_clk);
mode_rate = adj->crtc_clock * 1000;
- if ((prate / 2) < mode_rate) {
- prate *= 2;
- cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;
- }

div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
if (div < 2)
div = 2;
+ else if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK) {
+ /* the divider ended up too big, try a lower base rate */
+ cfg &= ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;
+ prate /= 2;
+ div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
+ if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK)
+ div = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK;
+ }

cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div);

--
2.11.0


2018-08-24 08:57:48

by Peter Rosin

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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] drm/atmel-hlcdc: allow selecting a higher pixel-clock that requested

But only if the highest pixel-clock frequency lower than requested
is significantly much less accurate that the lowest frequency higher
than requested.

I pulled "10 times" as the discriminator out of the hat, and went with
that.

This is useful, if e.g. the target pixel-clock is 65MHz and the sys_clk
is 132MHz. In this case the highest possible pixel-clock lower than the
requested 65MHz is 52.8MHz, which is almost 20% off (and outside the
spec for the panel). The lowest possible pixel-clock higher than 65MHz
is 66MHz, which is a *much* better match, and only 1.5% off.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
index 71c9cd90d2ae..0c2717ed4ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ static void atmel_hlcdc_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *c)
div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK)
div = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK;
+ } else {
+ int div_low = prate / mode_rate;
+
+ if (div_low >= 2 &&
+ ((prate / div_low - mode_rate) <
+ 10 * (mode_rate - prate / div)))
+ /*
+ * At least 10 times better when
+ * using a higher frequency than
+ * requested, instead of a lower.
+ * So, go with that.
+ */
+ div = div_low;
}

cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div);
--
2.11.0


2018-08-24 09:01:29

by Boris Brezillon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/atmel-hlcdc: prefer a higher rate clock as pixel-clock base

On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:55:00 +0200
Peter Rosin <[email protected]> wrote:

> If the divider used to get the pixel-clock is small, the granularity
> of the frequencies possible for the pixel-clock is quite coarse. E.g.
> requesting a pixel-clock of 65MHz with a sys_clk of 132MHz results
> in the divider being set to 3 ending up with 44MHz.
>
> By preferring the doubled sys_clk as base, the divider instead ends
> up as 5 yielding a pixel-clock of 52.8Mhz, which is a definite
> improvement.
>
> While at it, clamp the divider so that it does not overflow in case
> it gets big.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c | 16 ++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> index c38a479ada98..71c9cd90d2ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> @@ -101,18 +101,22 @@ static void atmel_hlcdc_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *c)
> (adj->crtc_hdisplay - 1) |
> ((adj->crtc_vdisplay - 1) << 16));
>
> - cfg = 0;
> + cfg = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;
>
> - prate = clk_get_rate(crtc->dc->hlcdc->sys_clk);
> + prate = 2 * clk_get_rate(crtc->dc->hlcdc->sys_clk);
> mode_rate = adj->crtc_clock * 1000;
> - if ((prate / 2) < mode_rate) {
> - prate *= 2;
> - cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;
> - }
>
> div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
> if (div < 2)
> div = 2;

I'm nitpicking, but can you add braces around the if() block?

Looks good otherwise.

> + else if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK) {
> + /* the divider ended up too big, try a lower base rate */
> + cfg &= ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKSEL;
> + prate /= 2;
> + div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
> + if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK)
> + div = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK;
> + }
>
> cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div);
>


2018-08-24 09:08:46

by Boris Brezillon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/atmel-hlcdc: allow selecting a higher pixel-clock that requested

On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:55:01 +0200
Peter Rosin <[email protected]> wrote:

> But only if the highest pixel-clock frequency lower than requested
> is significantly much less accurate that the lowest frequency higher
> than requested.
>
> I pulled "10 times" as the discriminator out of the hat, and went with
> that.

Okay, let's go with that until we have a way to properly expose display
tolerance.

>
> This is useful, if e.g. the target pixel-clock is 65MHz and the sys_clk
> is 132MHz. In this case the highest possible pixel-clock lower than the
> requested 65MHz is 52.8MHz, which is almost 20% off (and outside the
> spec for the panel). The lowest possible pixel-clock higher than 65MHz
> is 66MHz, which is a *much* better match, and only 1.5% off.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> index 71c9cd90d2ae..0c2717ed4ac6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_crtc.c
> @@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ static void atmel_hlcdc_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *c)
> div = DIV_ROUND_UP(prate, mode_rate);
> if (ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div) & ~ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK)
> div = ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV_MASK;
> + } else {
> + int div_low = prate / mode_rate;
> +
> + if (div_low >= 2 &&
> + ((prate / div_low - mode_rate) <
> + 10 * (mode_rate - prate / div)))
> + /*
> + * At least 10 times better when
> + * using a higher frequency than
> + * requested, instead of a lower.
> + * So, go with that.
> + */
> + div = div_low;
> }
>
> cfg |= ATMEL_HLCDC_CLKDIV(div);