On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 10:58:02AM +0530, Deepak S wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 29 April 2015 02:59 PM, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 08:36:24AM +0530, deepa...@linux.intel.com wrote:
> >>From: Deepak S <deepa...@linux.intel.com>
> >>
> >>Based on the spec, Setting up static BIAS for GPU to improve the
> >>rps performace.
> >>
> >>v2: rename reg defn to match spec. (Ville)
> >>
> >>v3: Updated bias setting for chv (Deepak)
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Deepak S <deepa...@linux.intel.com>
> >Matches the spec. Whether the chosen bias is really the best, I can't
> >really say. But favoring the GPU does seem like a sensible idea if we
> >want to keep the UI stuff fluid enough while there's some CPU heavy
> >tasks running at the same time.
> >
> >Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Thanks Ville for reviewing,
> Yes our aim is to keep user experience smooth.

Since the aim is smooth UI ... how does this interact with the rps
boosting that was just enabled with Chris' patches for vlv/chv too?

A static bias seems a lot less what we want now that we should have
something dynamic. Specifically I'm thinking of

commit 6ad790c0f5ac55fd13f322c23519f0d6f0721864
Author: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date:   Tue Apr 7 16:20:31 2015 +0100

    drm/i915: Boost GPU frequency if we detect outstanding pageflips

Cheers, Daniel

> 
> >>---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h |  6 ++++++
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >>
> >>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h 
> >>b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
> >>index 36805b6..048987e 100644
> >>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
> >>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
> >>@@ -670,6 +670,12 @@ enum skl_disp_power_wells {
> >>  #define   FB_FMAX_VMIN_FREQ_LO_SHIFT              27
> >>  #define   FB_FMAX_VMIN_FREQ_LO_MASK               0xf8000000
> >>+#define VLV_TURBO_SOC_OVERRIDE     0x04
> >>+#define    VLV_OVERRIDE_EN 1
> >>+#define    VLV_SOC_TDP_EN  (1 << 1)
> >>+#define    VLV_BIAS_CPU_125_SOC_875 (6 << 2)
> >>+#define    CHV_BIAS_CPU_50_SOC_50 (3 << 2)
> >>+
> >>  #define VLV_CZ_CLOCK_TO_MILLI_SEC         100000
> >>  /* vlv2 north clock has */
> >>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c 
> >>b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> >>index 78c89ff..3689d0e 100644
> >>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> >>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> >>@@ -5065,6 +5065,12 @@ static void cherryview_enable_rps(struct drm_device 
> >>*dev)
> >>               GEN6_RP_UP_BUSY_AVG |
> >>               GEN6_RP_DOWN_IDLE_AVG);
> >>+   /* Setting Fixed Bias */
> >>+   val = VLV_OVERRIDE_EN |
> >>+             VLV_SOC_TDP_EN |
> >>+             CHV_BIAS_CPU_50_SOC_50;
> >>+   vlv_punit_write(dev_priv, VLV_TURBO_SOC_OVERRIDE, val);
> >>+
> >>    val = vlv_punit_read(dev_priv, PUNIT_REG_GPU_FREQ_STS);
> >>    /* RPS code assumes GPLL is used */
> >>@@ -5149,6 +5155,12 @@ static void valleyview_enable_rps(struct drm_device 
> >>*dev)
> >>    I915_WRITE(GEN6_RC_CONTROL, rc6_mode);
> >>+   /* Setting Fixed Bias */
> >>+   val = VLV_OVERRIDE_EN |
> >>+             VLV_SOC_TDP_EN |
> >>+             VLV_BIAS_CPU_125_SOC_875;
> >>+   vlv_punit_write(dev_priv, VLV_TURBO_SOC_OVERRIDE, val);
> >>+
> >>    val = vlv_punit_read(dev_priv, PUNIT_REG_GPU_FREQ_STS);
> >>    /* RPS code assumes GPLL is used */
> >>-- 
> >>1.9.1
> 
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