Hi Alexander，

On 2/2/2026 10:41 AM, Peng Fan wrote:

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 10:09:46AM +0100, Alexander Stein wrote:

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Am Freitag, 30. Januar 2026, 09:41:31 CET schrieb ming.qian@oss.nxp.com:

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From: Ming Qian <redacted>

The VPU G2 clock was reduced from 600MHz to 300MHz in commit
b27bfc5103c7 ("arm64: dts: freescale: Fix VPU G2 clock") to address
pixel errors with high-resolution HEVC postprocessor output.

However, testing shows the 300MHz clock rate is insufficient for
4K60fps decoding and the original pixel errors no longer occur at
600MHz with current drivers.

Test results with 3840x2160@60fps HEVC stream decoded to NV12
(the same scenario that exhibited pixel errors previously):

300MHz performance:
- Severe frame dropping throughout playback
- Only 336 frames rendered in 11:53 (0.471 fps)
- Continuous "A lot of buffers are being dropped" warnings
- Completely unusable for 4K video

600MHz performance:
- Smooth playback with only 1 frame dropped at startup
- 37981 frames rendered in 10:34 (59.857 fps)
- Achieves target 60fps performance
- No pixel errors or artifacts observed

Restore the clock to 600MHz to enable proper 4K60fps decoding
capability while maintaining stability.

Test pipeline:
   gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=<4K60_HEVC.mkv> ! \
     video/x-matroska ! aiurdemux ! h265parse ! \
     v4l2slh265dec ! video/x-raw,format=NV12 ! \
     queue ! waylandsink

Fixes: b27bfc5103c7 ("arm64: dts: freescale: Fix VPU G2 clock")
Signed-off-by: Ming Qian <redacted>
---
  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
index 607962f807be..731142176625 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi

@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ pgc_vpu: power-domain@6 {
  									 <&clk IMX8MQ_SYS1_PLL_800M>,
  									 <&clk IMX8MQ_VPU_PLL>;
  						assigned-clock-rates = <600000000>,
-								       <300000000>,
+								       <600000000>,

If I read the Datasheet correctly 600 MHz is only supported by overdrive
mode (also depending on the VDD_VPU).
Is this frequency really correct?

G1 and BUS clk were already set as Overdrive frequency.

This change is to only upgrading G2 from 300M to 600M.

So if your question is should we downgrade all to Nominal mode, I think
no. The freq could be override in board dts, or adding a new dts
as arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-nominal.dtsi

Regards
Peng

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Best regards,
Alexander

Yes, you are right, 600MHz is the Overdriver frequency.
However, to achieve the 4K 60fps target, we set the VPU to run in
overdrive mode by default, just as Peng said.

Regards,
Ming

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  								       <800000000>,
  								       <0>;
  					};

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