linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/33] drm/modes: Add a function to generate analog display modes

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:34:00 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
Cc:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Emma Anholt <emma@...olt.net>,
        Karol Herbst <kherbst@...hat.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
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        Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Dom Cobley <dom@...pberrypi.com>, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
        Mateusz Kwiatkowski <kfyatek+publicgit@...il.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/33] drm/modes: Add a function to generate analog
 display modes

Hi Maxime,

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:17 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:05:48AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > +   /* 63.556us * 13.5MHz = 858 pixels */
> >
> > I kind of get what the comment wants to tell me, but the units don't add up.
>
> I'm not sure how it doesn't add up?
>
> We have a frequency in Hz (equivalent to s^-1) and a duration in s, so
> the result ends up with no dimension, which is to be expected for a
> number of periods?

To make the units add up, it should be 13.5 Mpixel/s
(which is what a pixel clock of 13.5 MHz really means ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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