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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 08:36:25 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/15] dt-bindings: display/msm: gpu: Document GMU
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To:     Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>,
        Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinc.com>,
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        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@somainline.org>,
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 <20230223-topic-gmuwrapper-v6-2-2034115bb60c@linaro.org>
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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On 01/04/2023 13:54, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> The "GMU Wrapper" is Qualcomm's name for "let's treat the GPU blocks
> we'd normally assign to the GMU as if they were a part of the GMU, even
> though they are not". It's a (good) software representation of the GMU_CX
> and GMU_GX register spaces within the GPUSS that helps us programatically
> treat these de-facto GMU-less parts in a way that's very similar to their
> GMU-equipped cousins, massively saving up on code duplication.
> 
> The "wrapper" register space was specifically designed to mimic the layout
> of a real GMU, though it rather obviously does not have the M3 core et al.
> 
> GMU wrapper-equipped A6xx GPUs require clocks and clock-names to be
> specified under the GPU node, just like their older cousins. Account
> for that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof