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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2024-08-12 10:28:27 +0200
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2024-08-13 16:21:11 +0200
commit8df39400d0db29f84a72c891d1f526e3b61a332a (patch)
tree773da50b8014589a0b2b0096ca1eb51453cc56fa /drivers
parent17674d6603eab37a4f7b1cf5ba345d5a1e275fb7 (diff)
drm/fbdev-helper: Update documentation on obsolete callbacks
The old callbacks lastclose and output_poll_changed are deprecated and unused. Remove them from the documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20240812083000.337744-7-tzimmermann@suse.de
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c22
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 3f7da78849e4..fe5667477839 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(kernel_fb_helper_lock);
* interfaces. Drivers that use one of the shared memory managers, TTM, SHMEM,
* DMA, should instead use the corresponding fbdev emulation.
*
- * Existing fbdev implementations should restore the fbdev console by using
- * drm_fb_helper_lastclose() as their &drm_driver.lastclose callback.
- * They should also notify the fb helper code from updates to the output
- * configuration by using drm_fb_helper_output_poll_changed() as their
- * &drm_mode_config_funcs.output_poll_changed callback. New implementations
- * of fbdev should be build on top of struct &drm_client_funcs, which handles
- * this automatically. Setting the old callbacks should be avoided.
- *
* For suspend/resume consider using drm_mode_config_helper_suspend() and
* drm_mode_config_helper_resume() which takes care of fbdev as well.
*
@@ -260,12 +252,12 @@ __drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
* drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked - restore fbdev configuration
* @fb_helper: driver-allocated fbdev helper, can be NULL
*
- * This should be called from driver's drm &drm_driver.lastclose callback
- * when implementing an fbcon on top of kms using this helper. This ensures that
- * the user isn't greeted with a black screen when e.g. X dies.
+ * This helper should be called from fbdev emulation's &drm_client_funcs.restore
+ * callback. It ensures that the user isn't greeted with a black screen when the
+ * userspace compositor releases the display device.
*
- * RETURNS:
- * Zero if everything went ok, negative error code otherwise.
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 on success, or a negative errno code otherwise.
*/
int drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
{
@@ -2003,8 +1995,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event);
* drm_fb_helper_lastclose - DRM driver lastclose helper for fbdev emulation
* @dev: DRM device
*
- * This function can be used as the &drm_driver->lastclose callback for drivers
- * that only need to call drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked().
+ * This function is obsolete. Call drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked()
+ * instead.
*/
void drm_fb_helper_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev)
{