From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E62EFC7EE24 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 09:11:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA2D510E641; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 09:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from andre.telenet-ops.be (andre.telenet-ops.be [IPv6:2a02:1800:120:4::f00:15]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5DC710E63D for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 09:11:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ramsan.of.borg ([IPv6:2a02:1810:ac12:ed30:158c:2ccf:1f70:e136]) by andre.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id 49Bg2A0061tRZS8019BgaW; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:46 +0200 Received: from rox.of.borg ([192.168.97.57]) by ramsan.of.borg with esmtp (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1q50ob-00BvaL-2W; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:40 +0200 Received: from geert by rox.of.borg with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1q50ou-00ASIJ-6O; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:40 +0200 From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: David Airlie , Daniel Vetter , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann , Jonathan Corbet , Jyri Sarha , Tomi Valkeinen , Laurent Pinchart , Biju Das Subject: [PATCH 1/3] drm/todo: Add atomic modesetting references Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 11:11:34 +0200 Message-Id: <7cea42cd09540657875a210cd16421125497d690.1685696114.git.geert+renesas@glider.be> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" The section about converting existing KMS drivers to atomic modesetting mentions the existence of a conversion guide, but does not reference it. While the guide is old and rusty, it still contains useful information, so add a link to it. Also link to the LWN.net articles that give an overview about the atomic mode setting design. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 68bdafa0284f55f6..51eb67f5268c5ec1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ converted over. Modern compositors like Wayland or Surfaceflinger on Android really want an atomic modeset interface, so this is all about the bright future. -There is a conversion guide for atomic and all you need is a GPU for a +There is a conversion guide for atomic[1] and all you need is a GPU for a non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all -suitable). +suitable). The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2][3] at +LWN.net can also be helpful. As part of this drivers also need to convert to universal plane (which means exposing primary & cursor as proper plane objects). But that's much easier to do by directly using the new atomic helper driver callbacks. + - [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html + - [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/ + - [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/ + Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers Level: Advanced -- 2.34.1 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39050C7EE2C for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 09:13:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235137AbjFBJNR (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jun 2023 05:13:17 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38422 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235097AbjFBJMo (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jun 2023 05:12:44 -0400 Received: from andre.telenet-ops.be (andre.telenet-ops.be [IPv6:2a02:1800:120:4::f00:15]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00CAE1703 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 02:11:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ramsan.of.borg ([IPv6:2a02:1810:ac12:ed30:158c:2ccf:1f70:e136]) by andre.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id 49Bg2A0061tRZS8019BgaW; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:46 +0200 Received: from rox.of.borg ([192.168.97.57]) by ramsan.of.borg with esmtp (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1q50ob-00BvaL-2W; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:40 +0200 Received: from geert by rox.of.borg with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1q50ou-00ASIJ-6O; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:11:40 +0200 From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: David Airlie , Daniel Vetter , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann , Jonathan Corbet , Jyri Sarha , Tomi Valkeinen , Laurent Pinchart , Biju Das Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: [PATCH 1/3] drm/todo: Add atomic modesetting references Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 11:11:34 +0200 Message-Id: <7cea42cd09540657875a210cd16421125497d690.1685696114.git.geert+renesas@glider.be> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The section about converting existing KMS drivers to atomic modesetting mentions the existence of a conversion guide, but does not reference it. While the guide is old and rusty, it still contains useful information, so add a link to it. Also link to the LWN.net articles that give an overview about the atomic mode setting design. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 68bdafa0284f55f6..51eb67f5268c5ec1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ converted over. Modern compositors like Wayland or Surfaceflinger on Android really want an atomic modeset interface, so this is all about the bright future. -There is a conversion guide for atomic and all you need is a GPU for a +There is a conversion guide for atomic[1] and all you need is a GPU for a non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all -suitable). +suitable). The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2][3] at +LWN.net can also be helpful. As part of this drivers also need to convert to universal plane (which means exposing primary & cursor as proper plane objects). But that's much easier to do by directly using the new atomic helper driver callbacks. + - [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html + - [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/ + - [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/ + Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers Level: Advanced -- 2.34.1