Re: [PATCH RESEND] drm/meson: remove firmware framebuffers

[Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>]

On 12/12/2018 13:22, Maxime Jourdan wrote:
> Hi Neil,
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:55 AM Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>> On 10/12/2018 10:28, Maxime Jourdan wrote:
>>> In case we are using simplefb or another conflicting framebuffer, make
>>> the call to drm_fb_helper_remove_conflicting_framebuffers()
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Jourdan <mjourdan@baylibre.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
>>> index d3443125e661..afbb3d707d15 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
>>> @@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ static void meson_vpu_init(struct meson_drm *priv)
>>>       writel_relaxed(0x20000, priv->io_base + _REG(VPU_WRARB_MODE_L2C1));
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static void meson_remove_framebuffers(void)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct apertures_struct *ap;
>>> +
>>> +     ap = alloc_apertures(1);
>>> +     if (!ap)
>>> +             return;
>>> +
>>> +     /* The framebuffer can be located anywhere in RAM */
>>> +     ap->ranges[0].base = 0;
>>> +     ap->ranges[0].size = ~0;
>>> +
>>> +     drm_fb_helper_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(ap, "meson-drm-fb",
>>> +                                                   false);
>>
>> I always wondered, where does the "meson-drm-fb" comes from ???
>>
>> Neil
>>
> 
> This name ultimately ends up in a printk and has no functional impact.
> See drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1613 :
> 
> printk(KERN_INFO "fb%d: switching to %s from %s\n", i, name,
> registered_fb[i]->fix.id);
> 
> I just picked one that was similar to the names of other drm drivers
> calling drm_fb_helper_remove_conflicting_framebuffers().

Ok Cool !

> 
> Maxime
> 

Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>

I'll push it when the bindings are acked and when v4.21-rc1 is tagged !

Neil

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