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    drm/doc: Clarify PRIME documentation · 251261db
    Daniel Vetter authored
    PRIME fds aren't actually GEM fds but are (like the modeset API)
    independent of the underlying buffer manager, as long as that one uses
    uint32_t as handles. So move that entire section out of the GEM
    section and reword it a bit to clarify which parts of PRIME are
    generic, and which are the mandatory pieces for GEM drivers to
    correctly implement the GEM lifetime rules. The rewording mostly
    consists of not mixing up GEM, PRIME and DRM.
    
    I've considered adding some blurbs to the GEM object lifetime section
    about interactions with dma-bufs, but then dropped that. As long as
    drivers use the right helpers they should have this all implemented
    correctly and hence can be regarded as an implementation detail of the
    PRIME/GEM helpers. So no need to confuse driver writers with those
    tricky interactions.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAlex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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