Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 4 authors, 2016-02-16

[RFC 3/3] CMDQ: Mediatek CMDQ driver

From: Horng-Shyang Liao <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-01 06:20:33
Also in: linux-devicetree, linux-mediatek, lkml

On Mon, 2016-02-01 at 12:15 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Horng-Shyang Liao [off-list ref] wrote:
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On Fri, 2016-01-29 at 21:15 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Horng-Shyang Liao [off-list ref] wrote:
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On Fri, 2016-01-29 at 16:42 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Horng-Shyang Liao [off-list ref] wrote:
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Hi Dan,

Many thanks for your comments and time.
I reply my plan inline.


On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 12:49 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
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Hi HS,

Sorry for the delay.  It is hard to find time to review a >3700 line
driver :-o in detail....

Some review comments inline, although I still do not completely
understand how all that this driver does and how it works.
I'll try to find time to go through this driver in detail again next
time you post it for review.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 9:14 PM,  [off-list ref] wrote:
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From: HS Liao <redacted>

This patch is first version of Mediatek Command Queue(CMDQ) driver. The
CMDQ is used to help read/write registers with critical time limitation,
such as updating display configuration during the vblank. It controls
Global Command Engine (GCE) hardware to achieve this requirement.
Currently, CMDQ only supports display related hardwares, but we expect
it can be extended to other hardwares for future requirements.

Signed-off-by: HS Liao <redacted>
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diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7570f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.c
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+static const struct cmdq_subsys g_subsys[] = {
+       {0x1400, 1, "MMSYS"},
+       {0x1401, 2, "DISP"},
+       {0x1402, 3, "DISP"},
This isn't going to scale.  These addresses could be different on
different chips.
Instead of a static table like this, we probably need specify to the
connection between gce and other devices via devicetree phandles, and
then use the phandles to lookup the corresponding device address
range.
I will define them in device tree.
E.g.
cmdq {
  reg_domain = 0x14000000, 0x14010000, 0x14020000
}
The devicetree should only model hardware relationships, not software
considerations.

Is the hardware constraint here for using gce with various other
hardware blocks?  I think we already model this by only providing a
gce phandle in the device tree nodes for those devices that can use
gce.

Looking at the driver closer, as far as I can tell, the whole subsys
concept is a purely software abstraction, and only used to debug the
CMDQ_CODE_WRITE command.  In fact, AFAICT, everything would work fine
if we just completely removed the 'subsys' concept, and just passed
through the raw address provided by the driver.

So, I recommend just removing 'subsys' completely from the driver -
from this array, and in the masks.

Instead, if there is an error on the write command, just print the
address that fails.  There are other ways to deduce the subsystem from
a physical address.

Thanks,

-Dan
Hi Dan,

Subsys is not just for debug.
Its main purpose is to transfer CPU address to GCE address.
Let me explain it by "write" op,
I list a code segment from cmdq_rec_append_command().

        case CMDQ_CODE_WRITE:
                subsys = cmdq_subsys_from_phys_addr(cqctx, arg_a);
                if (subsys < 0) {
                        dev_err(dev,
                                "unsupported memory base address 0x%08x\n",
                                arg_a);
                        return -EFAULT;
                }

                *cmd_ptr++ = arg_b;
                *cmd_ptr++ = (CMDQ_CODE_WRITE << CMDQ_OP_CODE_SHIFT) |
                             (arg_a & CMDQ_ARG_A_WRITE_MASK) |
                             ((subsys & CMDQ_SUBSYS_MASK) << CMDQ_SUBSYS_SHIFT);
                break;

Subsys is mapped from physical address via cmdq_subsys_from_phys_addr(),
and then it becomes part of GCE command via ((subsys & CMDQ_SUBSYS_MASK)
<< CMDQ_SUBSYS_SHIFT) .
Only low bits of physical address are the same as GCE address.
We can get it by (arg_a & CMDQ_ARG_A_WRITE_MASK).
MASK is used to define how many bits are valid for this op.
So, GCE address = subsys + valid low bits.
How are these upper bits of the "GCE address" defined?
In other words, for a given SoC, how is the mapping between physical
io addresses to GCE addresses defined?
Is this mapping fixed by hardware?
Please answer the detailed technical questions:

How are these upper bits of the "GCE address" defined?
A GCE command is arg_a + arg_b. Both of them have 32 bits length.
arg_a is op + subsys + addr, and arg_b is value.
subsys + addr is less than 32bits, so we need to map address range to
subsys.
The mapping rule is defined by hardware.
In other words, for a given SoC, how is the mapping between physical
io addresses to GCE addresses defined?
It is (b).
(a) Does the GCE remap a continuous device IO address range?

AFAICT, the  defines an MT8173 specific mapping of:

For example, the g_subsys table above seems to imply that the MT8173
gce maps all of:
  0x1400ffff:0x141fffff => 0x010000:0x1fffff

(b) Or, are the upper 5 bits of the "gce address" significant, and via
hardware it can map a disjoint groups of device addresses into the
continuous GCE address space, and really there are 0x1f distinct 64k
mappings:

mmsys (1) : 0x14000000:0x1400ffff => 0x010000:0x01ffff
disp  (2) : 0x14010000:0x1401ffff => 0x020000:0x02ffff
disp  (3) : 0x14020000:0x1402ffff => 0x030000:0x03ffff
...
???? (1f) : 0x141fffff:0x141fffff => 0x1f0000:0x1fffff

If the mapping is fixed and continuous (a), then I think all we need
is a single dts entry for the gce node that describes how it performs
this mapping.  And then, the gce consumers can just pass in their
regular physical addresses, and the gce driver can remap them directly
to gce addresses.

WDYT?
How about this?
hardware_module = <address_base subsys_id mask>;
So, the result is
mmsys_config_base = <0x14000000 1 0xffff0000>;
disp_rdma_config_base = <0x14010000 2 0xffff0000>;
disp_mutex_config_base = <0x14020000 3 0xffff0000>;
-Dan
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Yes, this mapping is fixed by hardware.
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Does it vary for different SoCs?
Yes, it varies for different SoCs.
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-Dan
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That's why we need to know the mapping between the range of physical
address and subsys.
Please guide us a better way to code such requirement.
Thanks for your help.

Thanks,
HS Liao
Thanks,
HS Liao
Thanks,
HS Liao
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