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[2/2] drm/mcde: Fix display data flow control

Message ID 20200728214319.143213-2-linus.walleij@linaro.org
State Superseded
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Series [1/2] drm/mcde: Rename flow function | expand

Commit Message

Linus Walleij July 28, 2020, 9:43 p.m. UTC 
Revamp the way that the flow of data to the display is
defined.

I realized that the hardware supports something like
5 different modes of flow: oneshot, command with TE IRQ,
command with BTA (bus turn around) and TE IRQ, video
with TE IRQ and video without TE IRQ instead synchronizing
to the output of the MCDE DSI formatter.

Like before the selection of the type of flow is done
frome the DSI driver when we attach it to the MCDE and we
get to know what the display wants.

The new video mode synchronization method from the MCDE DSI
formatter is used on some upstream devices such as Golden
presumably because the TE IRQ is not working on the display.
It will likely need some (new) special flag to be passed
from the display to indicate this mode of operation
once we make use of it.

The only real semantic change is that we stop sending
a TE request before every command when sending data to
a display in command mode: this should only be explicitly
requested when using BTA, according to the vendor driver.

This has been tested and works fine with the command mode
displays I have. (All that are supported upstream.)

Reported-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
Cc: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

---
 drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c | 107 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h     |  26 ++++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c     |   3 -
 drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c     |  18 ++++-
 4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

-- 
2.26.2

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Comments

Stephan Gerhold July 29, 2020, 8:44 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:43:19PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Revamp the way that the flow of data to the display is

> defined.

> 

> I realized that the hardware supports something like

> 5 different modes of flow: oneshot, command with TE IRQ,

> command with BTA (bus turn around) and TE IRQ, video

> with TE IRQ and video without TE IRQ instead synchronizing

> to the output of the MCDE DSI formatter.

> 

> Like before the selection of the type of flow is done

> frome the DSI driver when we attach it to the MCDE and we

> get to know what the display wants.

> 

> The new video mode synchronization method from the MCDE DSI

> formatter is used on some upstream devices such as Golden

> presumably because the TE IRQ is not working on the display.

> It will likely need some (new) special flag to be passed

> from the display to indicate this mode of operation

> once we make use of it.

> 


I'm not really a DSI expert, but so far I haven't seen many (or even
any?) video mode panels that have a TE IRQ.

I'm also not sure it would be very useful: as I understand the main
purpose of the TE IRQ is to synchronize with the display refresh done
from the local framebuffer on the panel controller.

In case of video mode operation there should not be any such local
framebuffer, instead the display is continously fed with the video data.
(That's why it is absolutely important that the flow stays active all
the time.) In that case the timing will be defined by the DSI formatter.

I think MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW should be the default "flow mode" for
video mode displays.

> The only real semantic change is that we stop sending

> a TE request before every command when sending data to

> a display in command mode: this should only be explicitly

> requested when using BTA, according to the vendor driver.

> 

> This has been tested and works fine with the command mode

> displays I have. (All that are supported upstream.)

> 

> Reported-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>

> Cc: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>

> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

> ---

>  drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c | 107 +++++++++++++++++-----------

>  drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h     |  26 ++++++-

>  drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c     |   3 -

>  drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c     |  18 ++++-

>  4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c

> index a99cc3fd5ef4..897d29e318d3 100644

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c

> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c

> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void mcde_display_irq(struct mcde *mcde)

>  		 * the update function is called, then we disable the

>  		 * flow on the channel once we get the TE IRQ.

>  		 */

> -		if (mcde->oneshot_mode) {

> +		if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW) {

>  			spin_lock(&mcde->flow_lock);

>  			if (--mcde->flow_active == 0) {

>  				dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "TE0 IRQ\n");

> @@ -524,19 +524,41 @@ static void mcde_configure_channel(struct mcde *mcde, enum mcde_channel ch,

>  	}

>  

>  	/* Set up channel 0 sync (based on chnl_update_registers()) */

> -	if (mcde->video_mode || mcde->te_sync)

> +	switch (mcde->flow_mode) {

> +	case MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW:

> +		/* Oneshot is achieved with software sync */

> +		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SOFTWARE

> +			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;

> +		break;

> +	case MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW:

>  		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE

>  			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;

> -	else

> -		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SOFTWARE

> +		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0

> +			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;

> +		break;

> +	case MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW:

> +		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE

>  			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;

> -

> -	if (mcde->te_sync)

>  		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0

>  			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;


For some reason the vendor driver seems to select
MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_FORMATTER for BTA?:

		case MCDE_SYNCSRC_BTA:
			out_synch_src =
				MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_FORMATTER;
			break;

> -	else

> +		break;

> +	case MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW:

> +		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE

> +			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;

> +		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0

> +			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;

> +		break;

> +	case MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW:

> +		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE

> +			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;

>  		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_FORMATTER

>  			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;

> +		break;

> +	default:

> +		dev_err(mcde->dev, "unknown flow mode %d\n",

> +			mcde->flow_mode);

> +		break;

> +	}

>  

>  	writel(val, mcde->regs + sync);

>  

> @@ -946,7 +968,11 @@ static void mcde_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,

>  	mcde_configure_dsi_formatter(mcde, MCDE_DSI_FORMATTER_0,

>  				     formatter_frame, pkt_size);

>  

> -	if (mcde->te_sync) {

> +	switch (mcde->flow_mode) {

> +	case MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW:

> +	case MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW:

> +	case MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW:

> +		/* We are using TE in some comination */

>  		if (mode->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC)

>  			val = MCDE_VSCRC_VSPOL;

>  		else

> @@ -956,16 +982,22 @@ static void mcde_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,

>  		val = readl(mcde->regs + MCDE_CRC);

>  		val |= MCDE_CRC_SYCEN0;

>  		writel(val, mcde->regs + MCDE_CRC);

> +		break;

> +	default:

> +		/* No TE capture */

> +		break;

>  	}

>  

>  	drm_crtc_vblank_on(crtc);

>  

> -	if (mcde->video_mode)

> +	if (mcde_flow_is_video(mcde)) {

>  		/*

>  		 * Keep FIFO permanently enabled in video mode,

>  		 * otherwise MCDE will stop feeding data to the panel.

>  		 */

>  		mcde_enable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A);

> +		dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "started MCDE video FIFO flow\n");

> +	}

>  

>  	dev_info(drm->dev, "MCDE display is enabled\n");

>  }

> @@ -996,38 +1028,36 @@ static void mcde_display_disable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe)

>  

>  static void mcde_start_flow(struct mcde *mcde)

>  {

> -	/* Request a TE ACK */

> -	if (mcde->te_sync)

> +	/* Request a TE ACK only in TE+BTA mode */

> +	if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW)

>  		mcde_dsi_te_request(mcde->mdsi);

>  

>  	/* Enable FIFO A flow */

>  	mcde_enable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A);

>  

> -	if (mcde->te_sync) {

> +	/*

> +	 * If oneshot mode is enabled, the flow will be disabled

> +	 * when the TE0 IRQ arrives in the interrupt handler. Otherwise

> +	 * updates are continuously streamed to the display after this

> +	 * point.

> +	 */

> +

> +	if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW) {

> +		/* Trigger a software sync out on channel 0 */

> +		writel(MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHSW_SW_TRIG,

> +		       mcde->regs + MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHSW);

> +

>  		/*

> -		 * If oneshot mode is enabled, the flow will be disabled

> -		 * when the TE0 IRQ arrives in the interrupt handler. Otherwise

> -		 * updates are continuously streamed to the display after this

> -		 * point.

> +		 * Disable FIFO A flow again: since we are using TE sync we

> +		 * need to wait for the FIFO to drain before we continue

> +		 * so repeated calls to this function will not cause a mess

> +		 * in the hardware by pushing updates will updates are going

> +		 * on already.

>  		 */

> -		dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "sent TE0 framebuffer update\n");

> -		return;

> +		mcde_disable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A, true);

>  	}

>  

> -	/* Trigger a software sync out on channel 0 */

> -	writel(MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHSW_SW_TRIG,

> -	       mcde->regs + MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHSW);

> -

> -	/*

> -	 * Disable FIFO A flow again: since we are using TE sync we

> -	 * need to wait for the FIFO to drain before we continue

> -	 * so repeated calls to this function will not cause a mess

> -	 * in the hardware by pushing updates will updates are going

> -	 * on already.

> -	 */

> -	mcde_disable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A, true);

> -

> -	dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "sent SW framebuffer update\n");

> +	dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "started MCDE FIFO flow\n");

>  }

>  

>  static void mcde_set_extsrc(struct mcde *mcde, u32 buffer_address)

> @@ -1086,15 +1116,10 @@ static void mcde_display_update(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,

>  	 */

>  	if (fb) {

>  		mcde_set_extsrc(mcde, drm_fb_cma_get_gem_addr(fb, pstate, 0));

> -		if (!mcde->video_mode) {

> -			/*

> -			 * Send a single frame using software sync if the flow

> -			 * is not active yet.

> -			 */

> -			if (mcde->flow_active == 0)

> -				mcde_start_flow(mcde);

> -		}

> -		dev_info_once(mcde->dev, "sent first display update\n");

> +		dev_info_once(mcde->dev, "first update of display contents\n");

> +		/* The flow is already active in video mode */

> +		if (!mcde_flow_is_video(mcde) && mcde->flow_active == 0)

> +			mcde_start_flow(mcde);

>  	} else {

>  		/*

>  		 * If an update is receieved before the MCDE is enabled

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h

> index 679c2c4e6d9d..3e406d783465 100644

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h

> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h

> @@ -9,6 +9,22 @@

>  #ifndef _MCDE_DRM_H_

>  #define _MCDE_DRM_H_

>  

> +enum mcde_flow_mode {

> +	/* One-shot mode: flow stops after one frame */

> +	MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW,

> +	/* Command mode with tearing effect (TE) IRQ sync */

> +	MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW,

> +	/*

> +	 * Command mode with bus turn-around (BTA) and tearing effect

> +	 * (TE) IRQ sync.

> +	 */

> +	MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW,

> +	/* Video mode with tearing effect (TE) sync IRQ */

> +	MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW,

> +	/* Video mode with the formatter itself as sync source */

> +	MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW,

> +};

> +

>  struct mcde {

>  	struct drm_device drm;

>  	struct device *dev;

> @@ -18,9 +34,7 @@ struct mcde {

>  	struct drm_simple_display_pipe pipe;

>  	struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi;

>  	s16 stride;

> -	bool te_sync;

> -	bool video_mode;

> -	bool oneshot_mode;

> +	enum mcde_flow_mode flow_mode;

>  	unsigned int flow_active;

>  	spinlock_t flow_lock; /* Locks the channel flow control */

>  

> @@ -36,6 +50,12 @@ struct mcde {

>  

>  #define to_mcde(dev) container_of(dev, struct mcde, drm)

>  

> +static inline bool mcde_flow_is_video(struct mcde *mcde)

> +{

> +	return (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW ||

> +		mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW);

> +}

> +

>  bool mcde_dsi_irq(struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi);

>  void mcde_dsi_te_request(struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi);

>  extern struct platform_driver mcde_dsi_driver;

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c

> index 80082d6dce3a..1671af101cf2 100644

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c

> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c

> @@ -315,9 +315,6 @@ static int mcde_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

>  	mcde->dev = dev;

>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drm);

>  

> -	/* Enable continuous updates: this is what Linux' framebuffer expects */

> -	mcde->oneshot_mode = false;

> -

>  	/* First obtain and turn on the main power */

>  	mcde->epod = devm_regulator_get(dev, "epod");

>  	if (IS_ERR(mcde->epod)) {

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c

> index 65b3d6d41456..58e5d07c8a06 100644

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c

> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c

> @@ -148,9 +148,21 @@ static void mcde_dsi_attach_to_mcde(struct mcde_dsi *d)

>  {

>  	d->mcde->mdsi = d->mdsi;

>  

> -	d->mcde->video_mode = !!(d->mdsi->mode_flags & MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO);

> -	/* Enable use of the TE signal for all command mode panels */

> -	d->mcde->te_sync = !d->mcde->video_mode;

> +	/*

> +	 * Select the way the DSI data flow is pushing to the display:

> +	 * currently we just support video or command mode depending

> +	 * on the type of display.

> +	 *

> +	 * FIXME: add flags to struct mipi_dsi_device .flags to indicate

> +	 * displays that require BTA (bus turn around) so we can handle

> +	 * such displays as well. Figure out how to properly handle

> +	 * single frame on-demand updates with DRM for command mode

> +	 * displays (MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW).

> +	 */

> +	if (d->mdsi->mode_flags & MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO)

> +		d->mcde->flow_mode = MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW;


As mentioned earlier I would make this default to
MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW.
I'm not even sure if it's worth supporting video + TE at all.

> +	else

> +		d->mcde->flow_mode = MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW;

>  }

>  

>  static int mcde_dsi_host_attach(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,

> -- 

> 2.26.2

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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c
index a99cc3fd5ef4..897d29e318d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@  void mcde_display_irq(struct mcde *mcde)
 		 * the update function is called, then we disable the
 		 * flow on the channel once we get the TE IRQ.
 		 */
-		if (mcde->oneshot_mode) {
+		if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW) {
 			spin_lock(&mcde->flow_lock);
 			if (--mcde->flow_active == 0) {
 				dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "TE0 IRQ\n");
@@ -524,19 +524,41 @@  static void mcde_configure_channel(struct mcde *mcde, enum mcde_channel ch,
 	}
 
 	/* Set up channel 0 sync (based on chnl_update_registers()) */
-	if (mcde->video_mode || mcde->te_sync)
+	switch (mcde->flow_mode) {
+	case MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW:
+		/* Oneshot is achieved with software sync */
+		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SOFTWARE
+			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;
+		break;
+	case MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW:
 		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE
 			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;
-	else
-		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SOFTWARE
+		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0
+			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;
+		break;
+	case MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW:
+		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE
 			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;
-
-	if (mcde->te_sync)
 		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0
 			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;
-	else
+		break;
+	case MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW:
+		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE
+			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;
+		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_TE0
+			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;
+		break;
+	case MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW:
+		val = MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_HARDWARE
+			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_SRC_SYNCH_SHIFT;
 		val |= MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_FORMATTER
 			<< MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHMOD_OUT_SYNCH_SRC_SHIFT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_err(mcde->dev, "unknown flow mode %d\n",
+			mcde->flow_mode);
+		break;
+	}
 
 	writel(val, mcde->regs + sync);
 
@@ -946,7 +968,11 @@  static void mcde_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 	mcde_configure_dsi_formatter(mcde, MCDE_DSI_FORMATTER_0,
 				     formatter_frame, pkt_size);
 
-	if (mcde->te_sync) {
+	switch (mcde->flow_mode) {
+	case MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW:
+	case MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW:
+	case MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW:
+		/* We are using TE in some comination */
 		if (mode->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC)
 			val = MCDE_VSCRC_VSPOL;
 		else
@@ -956,16 +982,22 @@  static void mcde_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 		val = readl(mcde->regs + MCDE_CRC);
 		val |= MCDE_CRC_SYCEN0;
 		writel(val, mcde->regs + MCDE_CRC);
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* No TE capture */
+		break;
 	}
 
 	drm_crtc_vblank_on(crtc);
 
-	if (mcde->video_mode)
+	if (mcde_flow_is_video(mcde)) {
 		/*
 		 * Keep FIFO permanently enabled in video mode,
 		 * otherwise MCDE will stop feeding data to the panel.
 		 */
 		mcde_enable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A);
+		dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "started MCDE video FIFO flow\n");
+	}
 
 	dev_info(drm->dev, "MCDE display is enabled\n");
 }
@@ -996,38 +1028,36 @@  static void mcde_display_disable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe)
 
 static void mcde_start_flow(struct mcde *mcde)
 {
-	/* Request a TE ACK */
-	if (mcde->te_sync)
+	/* Request a TE ACK only in TE+BTA mode */
+	if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW)
 		mcde_dsi_te_request(mcde->mdsi);
 
 	/* Enable FIFO A flow */
 	mcde_enable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A);
 
-	if (mcde->te_sync) {
+	/*
+	 * If oneshot mode is enabled, the flow will be disabled
+	 * when the TE0 IRQ arrives in the interrupt handler. Otherwise
+	 * updates are continuously streamed to the display after this
+	 * point.
+	 */
+
+	if (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW) {
+		/* Trigger a software sync out on channel 0 */
+		writel(MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHSW_SW_TRIG,
+		       mcde->regs + MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHSW);
+
 		/*
-		 * If oneshot mode is enabled, the flow will be disabled
-		 * when the TE0 IRQ arrives in the interrupt handler. Otherwise
-		 * updates are continuously streamed to the display after this
-		 * point.
+		 * Disable FIFO A flow again: since we are using TE sync we
+		 * need to wait for the FIFO to drain before we continue
+		 * so repeated calls to this function will not cause a mess
+		 * in the hardware by pushing updates will updates are going
+		 * on already.
 		 */
-		dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "sent TE0 framebuffer update\n");
-		return;
+		mcde_disable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A, true);
 	}
 
-	/* Trigger a software sync out on channel 0 */
-	writel(MCDE_CHNLXSYNCHSW_SW_TRIG,
-	       mcde->regs + MCDE_CHNL0SYNCHSW);
-
-	/*
-	 * Disable FIFO A flow again: since we are using TE sync we
-	 * need to wait for the FIFO to drain before we continue
-	 * so repeated calls to this function will not cause a mess
-	 * in the hardware by pushing updates will updates are going
-	 * on already.
-	 */
-	mcde_disable_fifo(mcde, MCDE_FIFO_A, true);
-
-	dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "sent SW framebuffer update\n");
+	dev_dbg(mcde->dev, "started MCDE FIFO flow\n");
 }
 
 static void mcde_set_extsrc(struct mcde *mcde, u32 buffer_address)
@@ -1086,15 +1116,10 @@  static void mcde_display_update(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 	 */
 	if (fb) {
 		mcde_set_extsrc(mcde, drm_fb_cma_get_gem_addr(fb, pstate, 0));
-		if (!mcde->video_mode) {
-			/*
-			 * Send a single frame using software sync if the flow
-			 * is not active yet.
-			 */
-			if (mcde->flow_active == 0)
-				mcde_start_flow(mcde);
-		}
-		dev_info_once(mcde->dev, "sent first display update\n");
+		dev_info_once(mcde->dev, "first update of display contents\n");
+		/* The flow is already active in video mode */
+		if (!mcde_flow_is_video(mcde) && mcde->flow_active == 0)
+			mcde_start_flow(mcde);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * If an update is receieved before the MCDE is enabled
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h
index 679c2c4e6d9d..3e406d783465 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ 
 #ifndef _MCDE_DRM_H_
 #define _MCDE_DRM_H_
 
+enum mcde_flow_mode {
+	/* One-shot mode: flow stops after one frame */
+	MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW,
+	/* Command mode with tearing effect (TE) IRQ sync */
+	MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW,
+	/*
+	 * Command mode with bus turn-around (BTA) and tearing effect
+	 * (TE) IRQ sync.
+	 */
+	MCDE_COMMAND_BTA_TE_FLOW,
+	/* Video mode with tearing effect (TE) sync IRQ */
+	MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW,
+	/* Video mode with the formatter itself as sync source */
+	MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW,
+};
+
 struct mcde {
 	struct drm_device drm;
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -18,9 +34,7 @@  struct mcde {
 	struct drm_simple_display_pipe pipe;
 	struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi;
 	s16 stride;
-	bool te_sync;
-	bool video_mode;
-	bool oneshot_mode;
+	enum mcde_flow_mode flow_mode;
 	unsigned int flow_active;
 	spinlock_t flow_lock; /* Locks the channel flow control */
 
@@ -36,6 +50,12 @@  struct mcde {
 
 #define to_mcde(dev) container_of(dev, struct mcde, drm)
 
+static inline bool mcde_flow_is_video(struct mcde *mcde)
+{
+	return (mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW ||
+		mcde->flow_mode == MCDE_VIDEO_FORMATTER_FLOW);
+}
+
 bool mcde_dsi_irq(struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi);
 void mcde_dsi_te_request(struct mipi_dsi_device *mdsi);
 extern struct platform_driver mcde_dsi_driver;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c
index 80082d6dce3a..1671af101cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c
@@ -315,9 +315,6 @@  static int mcde_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mcde->dev = dev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drm);
 
-	/* Enable continuous updates: this is what Linux' framebuffer expects */
-	mcde->oneshot_mode = false;
-
 	/* First obtain and turn on the main power */
 	mcde->epod = devm_regulator_get(dev, "epod");
 	if (IS_ERR(mcde->epod)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c
index 65b3d6d41456..58e5d07c8a06 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_dsi.c
@@ -148,9 +148,21 @@  static void mcde_dsi_attach_to_mcde(struct mcde_dsi *d)
 {
 	d->mcde->mdsi = d->mdsi;
 
-	d->mcde->video_mode = !!(d->mdsi->mode_flags & MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO);
-	/* Enable use of the TE signal for all command mode panels */
-	d->mcde->te_sync = !d->mcde->video_mode;
+	/*
+	 * Select the way the DSI data flow is pushing to the display:
+	 * currently we just support video or command mode depending
+	 * on the type of display.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME: add flags to struct mipi_dsi_device .flags to indicate
+	 * displays that require BTA (bus turn around) so we can handle
+	 * such displays as well. Figure out how to properly handle
+	 * single frame on-demand updates with DRM for command mode
+	 * displays (MCDE_COMMAND_ONESHOT_FLOW).
+	 */
+	if (d->mdsi->mode_flags & MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO)
+		d->mcde->flow_mode = MCDE_VIDEO_TE_FLOW;
+	else
+		d->mcde->flow_mode = MCDE_COMMAND_TE_FLOW;
 }
 
 static int mcde_dsi_host_attach(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,