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| author | Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> | 2014-01-22 16:32:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> | 2014-03-13 12:48:30 +0100 |
| commit | e1f8ebdcc230a9ff9e9e17707c22a5f0a5a885ee (patch) | |
| tree | 1ccdd165bbbbf9bf42b686cdde99d766fa26ed53 /Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | |
| parent | 1aa12258d6056e47cfe49eb13cc7b652f7dab956 (diff) | |
drm/doc: No more drm perf counters
Those all died with
commit 0111be42186fc5461b9e9d579014c70869ab3152
Author: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri Oct 4 14:53:41 2013 +0300
drm: Kill drm perf counter leftovers
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | 14 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index 750ba8fb496a..26539ee3c63e 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl @@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ char *date;</synopsis> <para> The <methodname>load</methodname> method is the driver and device initialization entry point. The method is responsible for allocating and - initializing driver private data, specifying supported performance - counters, performing resource allocation and mapping (e.g. acquiring + initializing driver private data, performing resource allocation and + mapping (e.g. acquiring clocks, mapping registers or allocating command buffers), initializing the memory manager (<xref linkend="drm-memory-management"/>), installing the IRQ handler (<xref linkend="drm-irq-registration"/>), setting up @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ char *date;</synopsis> their <methodname>load</methodname> method called with flags to 0. </para> <sect3> - <title>Driver Private & Performance Counters</title> + <title>Driver Private Data</title> <para> The driver private hangs off the main <structname>drm_device</structname> structure and can be used for @@ -315,14 +315,6 @@ char *date;</synopsis> <structname>drm_device</structname>.<structfield>dev_priv</structfield> set to NULL when the driver is unloaded. </para> - <para> - DRM supports several counters which were used for rough performance - characterization. This stat counter system is deprecated and should not - be used. If performance monitoring is desired, the developer should - investigate and potentially enhance the kernel perf and tracing - infrastructure to export GPU related performance information for - consumption by performance monitoring tools and applications. - </para> </sect3> <sect3 id="drm-irq-registration"> <title>IRQ Registration</title> |