Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: display: msm: Allow two MDSS power domains

Konrad Dybcio <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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On 8/13/26 9:44 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/20/2026 4:49 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 7/20/26 10:43 AM, Yongxing Mou wrote:
>>> Kaanapali (SM8750) and Glymur use two display power domains.
>>> CORE_GDSC powers the main display hardware while INT2_GDSC
>>> powers a subset of SSPP blocks.
>>
>> Can they operate independently? Does INT2_GDSC need to be
>> powered on after CORE_GDSC?
>>
> On Kaanapali, my understanding is that CORE_GDSC and INT2_GDSC should generally track the same state, except that INT2_GDSC may be powered down when SSPP1 (VIG2/VIG3/DMA5) is unused.
>    - CORE off, INT2 off
>     - CORE on,  INT2 off
>     - CORE on,  INT2 on
>> If so, perhaps changing the clock driver to make CORE a parent
>> of INT2 could be the simpler solution
>>
>> Konrad
> That would still need DT and binding changes -- DPU has to reference INT2_GDSC directly to gate it independently, so it can't be hidden in the clock driver. The two GDSCs have independent GDSCR registers with no HW-enforced sequencing, so they appear to be peers rather than parent/child.

No, if that was a reasonable change (which I don't know if it is), the
genpd core would take care of enabling the parent before the child, since
the genpds are intrinsically hierarchical

Konrad
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