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drm: mxsfb: Enable recovery on underflow

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Series drm: mxsfb: Enable recovery on underflow | expand

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Marek Vasut June 20, 2021, 10:47 p.m. UTC
There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
even later during run time. The condition does not correct
itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.

It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
asserted when this condition occurs.

All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
"
  Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
  field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
"
Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.

Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

Comments

Lucas Stach June 21, 2021, 12:03 p.m. UTC | #1
Am Montag, dem 21.06.2021 um 00:47 +0200 schrieb Marek Vasut:
> There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
> which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
> to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
> bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
> the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
> This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
> even later during run time. The condition does not correct
> itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
> 
> It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
> of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
> IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
> asserted when this condition occurs.
> 
> All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
> bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
> "
>   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
> "
> Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
> 
> Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>

Reviewed-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>

> Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> index 300e7bab0f43..01e0f525360f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> @@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
>  	reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
>  	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Enable recovery on underflow.
> +	 *
> +	 * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
> +	 * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
> +	 * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
> +	 * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
> +	 * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
> +	 * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
> +	 * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
> +	 * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
> +	 *
> +	 * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
> +	 * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
> +	 * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
> +	 * asserted when this condition occurs.
> +	 *
> +	 * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
> +	 * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
> +	 * "
> +	 *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
> +	 *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
> +	 * "
> +	 * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
> +	 */
> +	reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
> +	reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
> +	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
> +
>  	writel(CTRL_RUN, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL + REG_SET);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> index 55d28a27f912..df90e960f495 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
>  #define CTRL_DF24			BIT(1)
>  #define CTRL_RUN			BIT(0)
>  
> +#define CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW	BIT(24)
>  #define CTRL1_FIFO_CLEAR		BIT(21)
>  #define CTRL1_SET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) & 0xf) << 16)
>  #define CTRL1_GET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) >> 16) & 0xf)
Laurent Pinchart June 21, 2021, 12:13 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Marek,

Thank you for the patch.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 12:47:01AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
> which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
> to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
> bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
> the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
> This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
> even later during run time. The condition does not correct
> itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
> 
> It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
> of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
> IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
> asserted when this condition occurs.
> 
> All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
> bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
> "
>   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
> "
> Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
> 
> Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> index 300e7bab0f43..01e0f525360f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
> @@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
>  	reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
>  	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Enable recovery on underflow.
> +	 *
> +	 * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
> +	 * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
> +	 * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
> +	 * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
> +	 * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
> +	 * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
> +	 * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
> +	 * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
> +	 *
> +	 * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
> +	 * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
> +	 * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
> +	 * asserted when this condition occurs.
> +	 *
> +	 * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
> +	 * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
> +	 * "
> +	 *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
> +	 *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
> +	 * "
> +	 * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
> +	 */
> +	reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
> +	reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
> +	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);

Looks good to me. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

> +
>  	writel(CTRL_RUN, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL + REG_SET);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> index 55d28a27f912..df90e960f495 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
>  #define CTRL_DF24			BIT(1)
>  #define CTRL_RUN			BIT(0)
>  
> +#define CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW	BIT(24)
>  #define CTRL1_FIFO_CLEAR		BIT(21)
>  #define CTRL1_SET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) & 0xf) << 16)
>  #define CTRL1_GET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) >> 16) & 0xf)
Jagan Teki June 22, 2021, 2 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 4:17 AM Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>
> There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
> which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
> to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
> bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
> the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
> This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
> even later during run time. The condition does not correct
> itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
>
> It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
> of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
> IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
> asserted when this condition occurs.
>
> All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
> bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
> "
>   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
> "
> Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
>
> Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Jagan Teki <jagan@amarulasolutions.com>
Marek Vasut June 30, 2021, 10:49 p.m. UTC | #4
On 6/21/21 2:13 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 12:47:01AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
>> which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
>> to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
>> bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
>> the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
>> This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
>> even later during run time. The condition does not correct
>> itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
>>
>> It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
>> of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
>> IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
>> asserted when this condition occurs.
>>
>> All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
>> bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
>> "
>>    Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>>    field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
>> "
>> Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
>>
>> Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
>> Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
>> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
>> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h |  1 +
>>   2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>> index 300e7bab0f43..01e0f525360f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>> @@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
>>   	reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
>>   	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>>   
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Enable recovery on underflow.
>> +	 *
>> +	 * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
>> +	 * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
>> +	 * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
>> +	 * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
>> +	 * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
>> +	 * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
>> +	 * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
>> +	 * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
>> +	 *
>> +	 * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
>> +	 * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
>> +	 * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
>> +	 * asserted when this condition occurs.
>> +	 *
>> +	 * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
>> +	 * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
>> +	 * "
>> +	 *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>> +	 *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
>> +	 * "
>> +	 * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
>> +	 */
>> +	reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
>> +	reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
>> +	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
> 
> Looks good to me. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>

So who do I CC to pick it? Robert ? There are a few more mxsfb fixes 
which are RB'd and would be nice if they were picked too.
Marek Vasut July 2, 2021, 7:12 p.m. UTC | #5
On 7/1/21 12:49 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 6/21/21 2:13 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> Hi Marek,
>>
>> Thank you for the patch.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 12:47:01AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
>>> which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
>>> to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
>>> bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
>>> the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
>>> This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
>>> even later during run time. The condition does not correct
>>> itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
>>>
>>> It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
>>> of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
>>> IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
>>> asserted when this condition occurs.
>>>
>>> All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
>>> bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
>>> "
>>>    Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>>>    field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
>>> "
>>> Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 45d59d704080 ("drm: Add new driver for MXSFB controller")
>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
>>> Cc: Daniel Abrecht <public@danielabrecht.ch>
>>> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>>> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h |  1 +
>>>   2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>>> index 300e7bab0f43..01e0f525360f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
>>> @@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct 
>>> mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
>>>       reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
>>>       writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * Enable recovery on underflow.
>>> +     *
>>> +     * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
>>> +     * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
>>> +     * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
>>> +     * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
>>> +     * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
>>> +     * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
>>> +     * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
>>> +     * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
>>> +     *
>>> +     * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
>>> +     * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have 
>>> underflow/overflow
>>> +     * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
>>> +     * asserted when this condition occurs.
>>> +     *
>>> +     * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 
>>> RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
>>> +     * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
>>> +     * "
>>> +     *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
>>> +     *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current 
>>> field/frame.
>>> +     * "
>>> +     * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
>>> +     */
>>> +    reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
>>> +    reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
>>> +    writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
>>
>> Looks good to me. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> 
> So who do I CC to pick it? Robert ? There are a few more mxsfb fixes 
> which are RB'd and would be nice if they were picked too.

+CC Daniel, can those RB'd mxsfb patches be picked ?
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
index 300e7bab0f43..01e0f525360f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
@@ -115,6 +115,35 @@  static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
 	reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
 	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
 
+	/*
+	 * Enable recovery on underflow.
+	 *
+	 * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
+	 * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
+	 * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
+	 * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
+	 * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
+	 * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
+	 * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
+	 * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
+	 *
+	 * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
+	 * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
+	 * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
+	 * asserted when this condition occurs.
+	 *
+	 * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
+	 * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
+	 * "
+	 *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
+	 *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
+	 * "
+	 * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
+	 */
+	reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
+	reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
+	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
+
 	writel(CTRL_RUN, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL + REG_SET);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
index 55d28a27f912..df90e960f495 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ 
 #define CTRL_DF24			BIT(1)
 #define CTRL_RUN			BIT(0)
 
+#define CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW	BIT(24)
 #define CTRL1_FIFO_CLEAR		BIT(21)
 #define CTRL1_SET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) & 0xf) << 16)
 #define CTRL1_GET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) >> 16) & 0xf)