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| author | Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org> | 2017-12-15 18:51:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org> | 2017-12-20 14:51:03 +0100 |
| commit | ee05baa0bfe634f747b51c44e1f9355c5ff2e64e (patch) | |
| tree | 68a05531e6d5a6b8e0e8c6418729b7a1f474b306 /Documentation/gpu | |
| parent | 8741216396b2611142d7a890d06b7040ff585b3f (diff) | |
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drm/docs: Add todo entry for drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup()
Add entry for conversion of drivers to new helpers.
Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20171215175119.36181-4-noralf@tronnes.org
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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index f421a54527d2..1e593370f64f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume(). Contact: Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert +Convert drivers to use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup/teardown() +----------------------------------------------------------- + +Most drivers can use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() except maybe: + +- amdgpu which has special logic to decide whether to call + drm_helper_disable_unused_functions() + +- armada which isn't atomic and doesn't call + drm_helper_disable_unused_functions() + +- i915 which calls drm_fb_helper_initial_config() in a worker + +Drivers that use drm_framebuffer_remove() to clean up the fbdev framebuffer can +probably use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_teardown(). + +Contact: Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert + Core refactorings ================= |