Commit 80ae0369 authored by Thomas Zimmermann's avatar Thomas Zimmermann

drm/todo: Convert drivers to generic fbdev emulation

This replaces the original TODO item for drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup()
and _teardown(), which are deprecated.

v2:
	* remove driver-specific comments
	* list some basic requirements
	* keep a TODO item on drm_fb_helper_init()
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarNoralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20191106124727.11641-2-tzimmermann@suse.de
parent 50ec5b56
......@@ -171,21 +171,12 @@ Contact: Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert
Level: Intermediate
Convert drivers to use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup/teardown()
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Convert drivers to use drm_fbdev_generic_setup()
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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().
Most drivers can use drm_fbdev_generic_setup(). Driver have to implement
atomic modesetting and GEM vmap support. Current generic fbdev emulation
expects the framebuffer in system memory (or system-like memory).
Contact: Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert
......@@ -328,8 +319,8 @@ drm_fb_helper tasks
these igt tests need to be fixed: kms_fbcon_fbt@psr and
kms_fbcon_fbt@psr-suspend.
- The max connector argument for drm_fb_helper_init() and
drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() isn't used anymore and can be removed.
- The max connector argument for drm_fb_helper_init() isn't used anymore and
can be removed.
- The helper doesn't keep an array of connectors anymore so these can be
removed: drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(),
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