Re: [PATCH 04/10] drm/tidss: Move reset to the end of dispc_init()

[Laurent Pinchart]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 08:40:10AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 01/11/2023 15:57, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 11:17:41AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >> We do a DSS reset in the middle of the dispc_init(). While that happens
> >> to work now, we should really make sure that e..g the fclk, which is
> >> acquired only later in the function, is enabled when doing a reset. This
> >> will be handled in a later patch, but for now, let's move the
> >> dispc_softreset() call to the end of dispc_init(), which is a sensible
> >> place for it anyway.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > But do I understand correctly that the device isn't powered up at this
> > point ? That seems problematic.
> 
> Indeed. It's fixed later in this series.
> 
> > I'm also not sure why we need to reset the device at probe time.
> 
> That's the usual place to do a reset, to make sure the HW is in a known 
> state, is it not? Where would you place it?

The first time the device is used, or possibly every time it is resumed
? It seems that you're resuming it at probe time for the only reason
that you want to then reset it. Resuming it at probe could get entirely
skipped.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart