Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] drm/msm/dpu: fix video mode DSC INTF timing width calculation

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 02:39:03 EST


On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 04:46:02AM +0000, Alexander Koskovich wrote:
> On Friday, March 20th, 2026 at 12:25 AM, Jonathan Marek <jonathan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 3/19/26 9:45 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 01:23:03PM -0400, Jonathan Marek wrote:
> > ...
> > >>
> > >> That's not how it works. INTF (which feeds DSI) is after DSC compression.
> > >>
> > >> INTF timings are always in RGB888 (24-bit) units. Ignoring widebus details,
> > >> the INTF timing should match what is programmed on the DSI side (hdisplay,
> > >> which is calculated as bytes per line / 3).
> > >>
> > >> (fwiw, the current "timing->width = ..." calculation here blames to me, but
> > >> what I wrote originally was just "timing->width = timing->width / 3" with a
> > >> comment about being incomplete.)
> > >>
> > > Okay. After reading the docs (sorry, it took a while).
> > >
> > > - When widebus is not enabled, the transfer is always 24 bit of
> > > compressed data. Thus if it is not in play, pclk and timing->width
> > > should be scaled by source_pixel_depth / compression_ratio / 24. In
> > > case of the code it is 'drm_dsc_get_bpp_int(dsc) / 24'.
> > >
> > > For RGB101010 / 8bpp DSC this should result in the PCLK being lowered
> > > by the factor of 3 (= 24 / (30 / 3.75))
> > >
> > > - When widebus is in play (MDSS 6.x+, DSI 2.4+), the transfer takes
> > > more than 24 bits. In this case the PCLK and timing->width should be
> > > scaled exactly by the DSC compression ratio, which is
> > > 'drm_dsc_get_bpp_int(dsc) / (3 * dsc->bits_per_component).
> > >
> > > So, this piece of code needs to be adjusted to check for the widebus
> > > being enabled or not.
> > >
> >
> > The widebus adjustment on the MDP/INTF side is already in
> > dpu_hw_intf_setup_timing_engine: the "data width" is divided by 2 for
> > 48-bit widebus instead of 24-bit. there shouldn't be any other
> > adjustment (downstream doesn't have any other adjustment).
> >
> > a relevant downstream comment: "In DATABUS-WIDEN mode, MDP always sends
> > out 48-bit compressed data per pclk and on average, DSI consumes an
> > amount of compressed data equivalent to the uncompressed pixel depth per
> > pclk."
> >
> > Based on that comment, this patch is correct, and the
> > ''drm_dsc_get_bpp_int(dsc) / (3 * dsc->bits_per_component)' adjustment
> > only applies to DSI.
>
> If I keep the INTF side at /24 and change the DSI side to:
>
> if (wide_bus)
> new_hdisplay = DIV_ROUND_UP(mode->hdisplay * drm_dsc_get_bpp_int(dsc), dsc->bits_per_component * 3);
> else
> new_hdisplay = DIV_ROUND_UP(mode->hdisplay * drm_dsc_get_bpp_int(dsc), 24);

Please check the actual fps (I'm usually using a vblank-synced GL, e.g.
kmscube).

At least this matches my expectations.

>
> This also works on my panel.
>
> Should I send this in a v4 for this series or just leave it for a seperate
> change as panel seems to work with /24 here anyways?
>
> > (note: newer downstream looks like it would divide
> > by 3.75 here, which doesn't make sense. older downstream would divide by
> > 3 here. I guess downstream is broken now and video mode + 10-bit dsc
> > doesn't get tested?)
> >
> > on DSI side, "uncompressed pixel depth" shouldn't matter either: DSI
> > only sees the compressed data. But based on that comment, when widebus
> > is enabled, by setting DSI_VID_CFG0_DST_FORMAT(?) to 30bpp, then the DSI
> > pclk is in 30-bit units instead of 24-bits. And with this series DSI
> > side ends up with the right result if 30bpp format and widebus is enabled.
> >
> >
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

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With best wishes
Dmitry