From: Noralf Trønnes Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:51:15 +0000 (+0100) Subject: drm/docs: Add todo entry for drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ee05baa0bfe634f747b51c44e1f9355c5ff2e64e;p=openwrt%2Fstaging%2Fblogic.git 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 Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20171215175119.36181-4-noralf@tronnes.org --- 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 =================