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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/NOTES b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/NOTES new file mode 100644 index 000000000..57e257969 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +1. stiH display hardware IP +--------------------------- +The STMicroelectronics stiH SoCs use a common chain of HW display IP blocks: +- The High Quality Video Display Processor (HQVDP) gets video frames from a + video decoder and does high quality video processing, including scaling. + +- The Compositor is a multiplane, dual-mixer (Main & Aux) digital processor. It + has several inputs: + - The graphics planes are internally processed by the Generic Display + Pipeline (GDP). + - The video plug (VID) connects to the HQVDP output. + - The cursor handles ... a cursor. +- The TV OUT pre-formats (convert, clip, round) the compositor output data +- The HDMI / DVO / HD Analog / SD analog IP builds the video signals + - DVO (Digital Video Output) handles a 24bits parallel signal + - The HD analog signal is typically driven by a YCbCr cable, supporting up to + 1080i mode. + - The SD analog signal is typically used for legacy TV +- The VTG (Video Timing Generators) build Vsync signals used by the other HW IP +Note that some stiH drivers support only a subset of thee HW IP. + + .-------------. .-----------. .-----------. +GPU >-------------+GDP Main | | +---+ HDMI +--> HDMI +GPU >-------------+GDP mixer+---+ | :===========: +GPU >-------------+Cursor | | +---+ DVO +--> 24b// + ------- | COMPOSITOR | | TV OUT | :===========: + | | | | | +---+ HD analog +--> YCbCr +Vid >--+ HQVDP +--+VID Aux +---+ | :===========: +dec | | | mixer| | +---+ SD analog +--> CVBS + '-------' '-------------' '-----------' '-----------' + .-----------. + | main+--> Vsync + | VTG | + | aux+--> Vsync + '-----------' + +2. DRM / HW mapping +------------------- +These IP are mapped to the DRM objects as following: +- The CRTCs are mapped to the Compositor Main and Aux Mixers +- The Framebuffers and planes are mapped to the Compositor GDP (non video + buffers) and to HQVDP+VID (video buffers) +- The Cursor is mapped to the Compositor Cursor +- The Encoders are mapped to the TVOut +- The Bridges/Connectors are mapped to the HDMI / DVO / HD Analog / SD analog + +FB & planes Cursor CRTC Encoders Bridges/Connectors + | | | | | + | | | | | + | .-------------. | .-----------. .-----------. | + +------------> |GDP | Main | | | +-> | | HDMI | <-+ + +------------> |GDP v mixer|<+ | | | :===========: | + | |Cursor | | | +-> | | DVO | <-+ + | ------- | COMPOSITOR | | |TV OUT | | :===========: | + | | | | | | | +-> | | HD analog | <-+ + +-> | HQVDP | |VID Aux |<+ | | | :===========: | + | | | mixer| | +-> | | SD analog | <-+ + '-------' '-------------' '-----------' '-----------' |