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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:45:47 -0500
From:   Jonathan Marek <jonathan@...ek.ca>
To:     Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
Cc:     freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>,
        Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Jessica Zhang <quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>,
        "open list:DRM DRIVER FOR MSM ADRENO GPU" 
        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DRM DRIVER FOR MSM ADRENO GPU" 
        <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] drm/msm/dsi: add a comment to explain pkt_per_line
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On 11/15/23 2:38 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 01:00, Jonathan Marek <jonathan@...ek.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Make it clear why the pkt_per_line value is being "divided by 2".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Marek <jonathan@...ek.ca>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c | 2 ++
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
>> index 66f198e21a7e..842765063b1b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
>> @@ -877,6 +877,8 @@ static void dsi_update_dsc_timing(struct msm_dsi_host *msm_host, bool is_cmd_mod
>>          /* DSI_VIDEO_COMPRESSION_MODE & DSI_COMMAND_COMPRESSION_MODE
>>           * registers have similar offsets, so for below common code use
>>           * DSI_VIDEO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XXXX for setting bits
>> +        *
>> +        * pkt_per_line is log2 encoded, >>1 works for supported values (1,2,4)
>>           */
>>          reg |= DSI_VIDEO_COMPRESSION_MODE_CTRL_PKT_PER_LINE(pkt_per_line >> 1);
> 
> Should we switch to ffs() or fls() instead?
> 

Just a ffs() on its own can be confusing as well (without the 
information that only powers of two are possible), I think like this is 
better.

>>          reg |= DSI_VIDEO_COMPRESSION_MODE_CTRL_EOL_BYTE_NUM(eol_byte_num);
>> --
>> 2.26.1
>>
> 
>