Hi Marco

On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 at 10:38, Marco Felsch [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Dave, Adam,

On 22-08-03, Dave Stevenson wrote:

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Hi Adam

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 at 12:03, Adam Ford [off-list ref] wrote:

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Did managed to get access to the ADV7535 programming guide? This is the
black box here. Let me check if I can provide you a link with our repo
so you can test our current DSIM state if you want.

I do have access to the programming guide, but it's under NDA, but
I'll try to answer questions if I can.

Not meaning to butt in, but I have datasheets for ADV7533 and 7535
from previously looking at these chips.

Thanks for stepping into :)

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Mine fairly plainly states:
"The DSI receiver input supports DSI video mode operation only, and
specifically, only supports nonburst mode with sync pulses".

I've read this also, and we are working in nonburst mode with sync
pulses. I have no access to an MIPI-DSI analyzer therefore I can't
verify it.

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Non-burst mode meaning that the DSI pixel rate MUST be the same as the
HDMI pixel rate.

On DSI side you don't have a pixel-clock instead there is bit-clock.

You have an effective pixel clock, with a fixed conversion for the
configuration.

DSI bit-clock * number of lanes / bits_per_pixel = pixel rate.
891Mbit/s * 4 lanes / 24bpp = 148.5 Mpixels/s

As noted elsewhere, the DSI is DDR, so the clock lane itself is only
running at 891 / 2 = 445.5MHz.

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Section 6.1.1 "DSI Input Modes" of adv7533_hardware_user_s_guide is
even more explicit about the requirement of DSI timing matching

Is it possible to share the key points of the requirements?

"Specifically the ADV7533 supports the Non-Burst Mode with syncs. This
mode requires real time data generation as a pulse packet received
becomes a pulse generated. Therefore this mode requires a continuous
stream of data with correct video timing to avoid any visual
artifacts."

LP mode is supported on data lanes. Clock lane must remain in HS mode.

"... the goal is to accurately convey DPI-type timing over DSI. This
includes matching DPI pixel-transmission rates, and widths of timing
events."

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The NXP kernel switching down to an hs_clk of 445.5MHz would therefore
be correct for 720p operation.

It should be absolute no difference if you work on 891MHz with 2 lanes
or on 445.5 MHz with 4 lanes. What must be ensured is that you need the
minimum required bandwidth which is roughly: 1280*720*24*60 = 1.327
GBps.

Has someone changed the number of lanes in use? I'd missed that if so,
but I'll agree that 891MHz over 2 lanes should work for 720p60.

I have just noted that 720p59.94 at 24bpp on 4 lanes is listed as one
of the modes that is mandatory to use the timing generator (reg 0x27
bit 7 = 1). On 2 lanes it is not required.
I don't know why it's referencing the 1000/1001 pixel clock rates and
not the base one, as it's only a base clock change with the same
timing (74.176MHz clock instead of 74.25MHz).

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If you do program the manual DSI divider register to allow a DSI pixel
rate of 148.5MHz vs HDMI pixel rate of 74.25MHz, you'd be relying on

There is no such DSI pixel rate to be precise, we only have a DSI bit
clock/rate.

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the ADV753x having at least a half-line FIFO between DSI rx and HDMI
tx to compensate for the differing data rates. I see no reference to
such, and I'd be surprised if it was more than a half dozen pixels to
compensate for the jitter in the cases where the internal timing
generator is mandatory due to fractional bytes.

This is interesting and would proofs our assumption that the device
don't have a FIFO :)

Our assumptions (we don't have the datasheet/programming manual):
  - HDMI part is fetching 3 bytes per HDMI pixclk
  - Ratio between dsi-clk and hdmi-pixelclk must be 3 so the DSI and
    HDMI are in sync. So from bandwidth pov there are no differences
    between:
      - HDMI: 74.25 MHz * 24 Bit  = 1782.0 MBit/s
      - DSI:    891 MHz * 2 lanes = 1782.0 MBit/s (dsi-clock: 445.5 )
      - DSI:  445.5 MHz * 4 lanes = 1782.0 MBit/s (dsi-clock: 222.75)

    But the ratio is different and therefore the faster clocking option
    let something 'overflow'.

I'll agree that all looks consistent.

Anyway, but all this means that Adam should configure the
burst-clock-rate to 445.5 and set the lanes to 4. But this doesn't work
either and now we are back on my initial statement -> the driver needs
some attention.

Things always need attention :-)
I suspect that it's the use of the timing generator that is the issue.
The programming guide does recommend using it for all modes, so that
would be a sensible first step.

I will say that we had a number of issues getting this chip to do
anything, and it generally seemed happier on 2 or 3 lanes instead of
4. Suffice to say that we abandoned trying to use it, despite some
assistance from ADI.

  Dave

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