From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
To: Frank Binns <frank.binns@imgtec.com>,
Matt Coster <matt.coster@imgtec.com>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org>,
Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "drm/imagination: Warn or error on unsupported hardware"
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:28:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <caf5e011a5b3fbdbab8c50d064bc8342212d5cc1.1778505897.git.geert+renesas@glider.be> (raw)
Revert commit 1c21f240fbc1e47b94e68abfa2da2c01ed29a74d, as it stopped
the driver from working on various Renesas R-Car SoCs.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
---
DT binding documentation updates were reviewed by the drm/imagination
maintainers[1][2][3], DTS additions were reviewed and/or acked by the
drm/imagination maintainers[4][5][6], and firmware is available[7].
Note that the GPU nodes were not enabled in board DTS files before, as
not having suitable firmware installed under /lib/firmware could trigger
a crash, not directly related to drm/imagination driver support. This
was fixed only recently in v7.1-rc3[8], so board enablement[9] is now
unblocked.
[1] commit 18ff1dc462ef6dac ("dt-bindings: gpu: img,powervr-rogue:
Document GX6250 GPU in Renesas R-Car M3-W/M3-W+")
[2] commit 6126a7f27f002408 ("dt-bindings: gpu: img,powervr-rogue:
Document GE7800 GPU in Renesas R-Car M3-N")
[3] commit 67549b73f10b8517 ("dt-bindings: gpu: img,powervr-rogue:
Document GE7800 GPU in Renesas R-Car V3U")
[4] commit 73100fa8e4ce21cc ("arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77960: Add GX6250
GPU node")
[5] commit 6e20a9d94a459b4e ("arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77961: Add GX6250
GPU node")
[6] commit 303a5185e024ee62 ("arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77965: Add GE7800
GPU node")
[7] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/imagination/linux-firmware/-/tree/powervr/powervr
[8] commit 26735dfdd8930d9e ("pmdomain: core: Fix detach procedure for
virtual devices in genpd")
[9] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251027211249.95826-1-marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org/
---
drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_device.c | 73 +-----------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 72 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_device.c
index dbb6f5a8ded12a42..b7984563627de753 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_device.c
@@ -508,77 +508,6 @@ pvr_gpuid_decode_string(const struct pvr_device *pvr_dev,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(pvr_gpuid_decode_string);
-static bool pvr_exp_hw_support;
-module_param_named(exp_hw_support, pvr_exp_hw_support, bool, 0600);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(exp_hw_support, "Bypass runtime checks for fully supported GPU cores. WARNING: enabling this option may result in a buggy, insecure, or otherwise unusable driver.");
-
-/**
- * enum pvr_gpu_support_level - The level of support for a gpu_id in the current
- * version of the driver.
- *
- * @PVR_GPU_UNKNOWN: Cores that are unknown to the driver. These may not even exist.
- * @PVR_GPU_EXPERIMENTAL: Cores that have experimental support.
- * @PVR_GPU_SUPPORTED: Cores that are supported and maintained.
- */
-enum pvr_gpu_support_level {
- PVR_GPU_UNKNOWN,
- PVR_GPU_EXPERIMENTAL,
- PVR_GPU_SUPPORTED,
-};
-
-static enum pvr_gpu_support_level
-pvr_gpu_support_level(const struct pvr_gpu_id *gpu_id)
-{
- switch (pvr_gpu_id_to_packed_bvnc(gpu_id)) {
- case PVR_PACKED_BVNC(33, 15, 11, 3):
- case PVR_PACKED_BVNC(36, 53, 104, 796):
- return PVR_GPU_SUPPORTED;
-
- case PVR_PACKED_BVNC(36, 52, 104, 182):
- return PVR_GPU_EXPERIMENTAL;
-
- default:
- return PVR_GPU_UNKNOWN;
- }
-}
-
-static int
-pvr_check_gpu_supported(struct pvr_device *pvr_dev,
- const struct pvr_gpu_id *gpu_id)
-{
- struct drm_device *drm_dev = from_pvr_device(pvr_dev);
-
- switch (pvr_gpu_support_level(gpu_id)) {
- case PVR_GPU_SUPPORTED:
- if (pvr_exp_hw_support)
- drm_info(drm_dev, "Module parameter 'exp_hw_support' was set, but this hardware is fully supported by the current driver.");
-
- break;
-
- case PVR_GPU_EXPERIMENTAL:
- if (!pvr_exp_hw_support) {
- drm_err(drm_dev, "Unsupported GPU! Set 'exp_hw_support' to bypass this check.");
- return -ENODEV;
- }
-
- drm_warn(drm_dev, "Running on unsupported hardware; you may encounter bugs!");
- break;
-
- /* NOTE: This code path may indicate misbehaving hardware. */
- case PVR_GPU_UNKNOWN:
- default:
- if (!pvr_exp_hw_support) {
- drm_err(drm_dev, "Unknown GPU! Set 'exp_hw_support' to bypass this check.");
- return -ENODEV;
- }
-
- drm_warn(drm_dev, "Running on unknown hardware; expect issues.");
- break;
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static char *pvr_gpuid_override;
module_param_named(gpuid, pvr_gpuid_override, charp, 0400);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(gpuid, "GPU ID (BVNC) to be used instead of the value read from hardware.");
@@ -609,7 +538,7 @@ pvr_load_gpu_id(struct pvr_device *pvr_dev)
return err;
}
- return pvr_check_gpu_supported(pvr_dev, gpu_id);
+ return 0;
}
/**
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-11 13:28 Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2026-05-11 14:05 ` [PATCH] Revert "drm/imagination: Warn or error on unsupported hardware" Matt Coster
2026-05-11 14:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-05-12 10:00 ` Matt Coster
2026-05-16 5:12 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
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