Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mn-venice-gw7902: disable gpu

[Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:12:27AM -0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
> Since commit 99aa29932271 ("arm64: dts: imx8mn: Enable GPU")
> imx8mn-venice-gw7902 will hang during kernel init because it uses
> a MIMX8MN5CVTI which does not have a GPU.

I do not quite follow on this.  i.MX8MN integrates a GPU, and
MIMX8MN5CVTI is built on i.MX8MN, correct?  If so, how comes
MIMX8MN5CVTI doesn't have a GPU?

> 
> Disable pgc_gpumix to work around this. We also disable the GPU devices
> that depend on the gpumix power domain and pgc_gpu to avoid them staying
> in a probe deferred state forever.

Is this an indication that GPU should be disabled in imx8mn.dtsi and
enabled board by board?

Shawn

> 
> Cc: Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com>
> ---
>  .../boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts      | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> index 236f425e1570..2d58005d20e4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dts
> @@ -220,6 +220,10 @@
>  	};
>  };
>  
> +&disp_blk_ctrl {
> +	status = "disabled";
> +};
> +
>  /* off-board header */
>  &ecspi2 {
>  	pinctrl-names = "default";
> @@ -251,6 +255,10 @@
>  	};
>  };
>  
> +&gpu {
> +	status = "disabled";
> +};
> +
>  &i2c1 {
>  	clock-frequency = <100000>;
>  	pinctrl-names = "default";
> @@ -546,6 +554,10 @@
>  	status = "okay";
>  };
>  
> +&pgc_gpumix {
> +	status = "disabled";
> +};
> +
>  /* off-board header */
>  &sai3 {
>  	pinctrl-names = "default";
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>