Quoting Ville Syrjälä (2024-02-19 17:12:17-03:00) >On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 01:45:25PM -0300, Gustavo Sousa wrote: >> Improve documentation by giving an overview of the components involved >> in the generation of the CDCLK. >> >> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Sousa <gustavo.sousa@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> --- >> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c >> index 30dae4fef6cb..ef1660f94e46 100644 >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_cdclk.c >> @@ -63,6 +63,31 @@ >> * DMC will not change the active CDCLK frequency however, so that part >> * will still be performed by the driver directly. >> * >> + * There are multiple components involved in the generation of the CDCLK >> + * frequency: Looks like we need a blank line here to get `make htmldocs` to parse this without warnings. There is a similar fix[1] that's currently in-flight, which also adds blank lines between list items, but that doesn't seem to be strictly necessary. Let's wait to see how that series gets applied so that we make a fix that is consistent with that one. [1]: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/130159/ -- Gustavo Sousa >> + * - We have the CDCLK PLL, which generates an output clock based on a >> + * reference clock and a ratio parameter. >> + * - The CD2X Divider, which divides the output of the PLL based on a >> + * divisor selected from a set of pre-defined choices. >> + * - The CD2X Squasher, which further divides the output based on a >> + * waveform represented as a sequence of bits where each zero >> + * "squashes out" a clock cycle. >> + * - And, finally, a fixed divider that divides the output frequency by 2. >> + * >> + * As such, the resulting CDCLK frequency can be calculated with the >> + * following formula: >> + * >> + * cdclk = vco / cd2x_div / (sq_len / sq_div) / 2 >> + * >> + * , where vco is the frequency generated by the PLL; cd2x_div >> + * represents the CD2X Divider; sq_len and sq_div are the bit length >> + * and the number of high bits for the CD2X Squasher waveform, respectively; >> + * and 2 represents the fixed divider. >> + * >> + * Note that some older platforms do not contain the CD2X Divider >> + * and/or CD2X Squasher, in which case we can ignore their respective >> + * factors in the formula above. >> + * >> * Several methods exist to change the CDCLK frequency, which ones are >> * supported depends on the platform: >> * - Full PLL disable + re-enable with new VCO frequency. Pipes must be inactive. >> -- >> 2.43.0 > >-- >Ville Syrjälä >Intel
