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From: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
To: Tomohito Esaki <etom@igel.co.jp>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@ideasonboard.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATH 0/4] [RFC] Support virtual DRM
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:04:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <08kxmstH-uYXe0-6PB5pM0R4Ng9s8AKF4IUiqVzHUDVR3eztlXVsNCY_syeRm6ItQtYAqUysd2NxbeF9YYY4NgwEjPEgIUza7BtuGYmFoI4=@emersion.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210621064403.26663-1-etom@igel.co.jp>

On Monday, June 21st, 2021 at 08:43, Tomohito Esaki <etom@igel.co.jp> wrote:

> Virtual DRM splits the overlay planes of a display controller into multiple
> virtual devices to allow each plane to be accessed by each process.
> This makes it possible to overlay images output from multiple processes on a
> display. For example, one process displays the camera image without compositor
> while another process overlays the UI.

Updating the KMS state from multiple processes doesn't sound like a
good idea. This opens up synchronization and global device limits
issues.

Are you aware of DRM leasing?

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
To: Tomohito Esaki <etom@igel.co.jp>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org,
	Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@ideasonboard.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATH 0/4] [RFC] Support virtual DRM
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:04:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <08kxmstH-uYXe0-6PB5pM0R4Ng9s8AKF4IUiqVzHUDVR3eztlXVsNCY_syeRm6ItQtYAqUysd2NxbeF9YYY4NgwEjPEgIUza7BtuGYmFoI4=@emersion.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210621064403.26663-1-etom@igel.co.jp>

On Monday, June 21st, 2021 at 08:43, Tomohito Esaki <etom@igel.co.jp> wrote:

> Virtual DRM splits the overlay planes of a display controller into multiple
> virtual devices to allow each plane to be accessed by each process.
> This makes it possible to overlay images output from multiple processes on a
> display. For example, one process displays the camera image without compositor
> while another process overlays the UI.

Updating the KMS state from multiple processes doesn't sound like a
good idea. This opens up synchronization and global device limits
issues.

Are you aware of DRM leasing?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-22  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-21  6:43 [PATH 0/4] [RFC] Support virtual DRM Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:43 ` Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:44 ` [PATH 1/4] drm: Add Virtual DRM device driver Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:44   ` Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21 13:55   ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 13:55     ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 13:55     ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 15:55   ` Sam Ravnborg
2021-06-22  4:10     ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  4:10       ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-21  6:44 ` [PATH 2/4] rcar-du: Add support virtual DRM device Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:44   ` Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21 11:25   ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 11:25     ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 11:25     ` kernel test robot
2021-06-21 15:57   ` Sam Ravnborg
2021-06-21  6:44 ` [PATH 3/4] dt-bindings: display: Add virtual DRM Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:44   ` Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21 16:03   ` Sam Ravnborg
2021-06-21 17:40   ` Rob Herring
2021-06-21 17:40     ` Rob Herring
2021-06-22  4:17     ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  4:17       ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22 16:54   ` Rob Herring
2021-06-22 16:54     ` Rob Herring
2021-06-21  6:44 ` [PATH 4/4] doc-rst: Add virtual DRM documentation Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  6:44   ` Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-22  8:04 ` Simon Ser [this message]
2021-06-22  8:04   ` [PATH 0/4] [RFC] Support virtual DRM Simon Ser
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-06-21  6:27 Tomohito Esaki
2021-06-21  7:10 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-06-21  9:24   ` Maxime Ripard
2021-06-22  4:36     ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  4:36       ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-23 14:39       ` Maxime Ripard
2021-06-23 14:39         ` Maxime Ripard
2021-06-22  4:02   ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  4:02     ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  7:57     ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-22  7:57       ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-23  8:04       ` Michel Dänzer
2021-06-23  8:21         ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  9:12     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-06-22  9:12       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-06-21 16:05 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-06-22  4:03   ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  4:03     ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-22  8:12     ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-22  8:12       ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-22 19:12       ` Daniel Vetter
2021-06-22 19:12         ` Daniel Vetter
2021-06-23  6:56       ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-23  6:56         ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-23  8:39         ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-23  8:39           ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-23  9:22           ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-23  9:22             ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-23 11:41             ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-23 11:41               ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-06-25  1:55               ` Esaki Tomohito
2021-06-25  1:55                 ` Esaki Tomohito

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