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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst index 87e5023e3f55..2292e65f044c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst @@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ Composition Properties`_ and related chapters. For the output routing the first step is encoders (represented by :c:type:`struct drm_encoder <drm_encoder>`, see `Encoder Abstraction`_). Those are really just internal artifacts of the helper libraries used to implement KMS -drivers. Besides that they make it unecessarily more complicated for userspace +drivers. Besides that they make it unnecessarily more complicated for userspace to figure out which connections between a CRTC and a connector are possible, and what kind of cloning is supported, they serve no purpose in the userspace API. Unfortunately encoders have been exposed to userspace, hence can't remove them -at this point. Futhermore the exposed restrictions are often wrongly set by +at this point. Furthermore the exposed restrictions are often wrongly set by drivers, and in many cases not powerful enough to express the real restrictions. A CRTC can be connected to multiple encoders, and for an active CRTC there must be at least one encoder. @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ KMS Core Structures and Functions .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c :export: +.. _kms_base_object_abstraction: + Modeset Base Object Abstraction =============================== @@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ Taken all together there's two consequences for the atomic design: drm_crtc_state <drm_crtc_state>` for CRTCs and :c:type:`struct drm_connector_state <drm_connector_state>` for connectors. These are the only objects with userspace-visible and settable state. For internal state drivers - can subclass these structures through embeddeding, or add entirely new state + can subclass these structures through embedding, or add entirely new state structures for their globally shared hardware functions, see :c:type:`struct drm_private_state<drm_private_state>`. @@ -358,6 +360,8 @@ Format Functions Reference .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c :export: +.. _kms_dumb_buffer_objects: + Dumb Buffer Objects =================== @@ -394,6 +398,36 @@ Plane Damage Tracking Functions Reference .. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_damage_helper.h :internal: +Plane Panic Feature +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c + :doc: overview + +Plane Panic Functions Reference +------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_panic.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c + :export: + +Colorop Abstraction +=================== + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_colorop.c + :doc: overview + +Colorop Functions Reference +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_colorop.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_colorop.c + :export: + Display Modes Function Reference ================================ @@ -421,12 +455,12 @@ Connector Functions Reference Writeback Connectors -------------------- -.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_writeback.h - :internal: - .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c :doc: overview +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_writeback.h + :internal: + .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c :export: @@ -463,6 +497,42 @@ KMS Properties This section of the documentation is primarily aimed at user-space developers. For the driver APIs, see the other sections. +Requirements +------------ + +KMS drivers might need to add extra properties to support new features. Each +new property introduced in a driver needs to meet a few requirements, in +addition to the one mentioned above: + +* It must be standardized, documenting: + + * The full, exact, name string; + * If the property is an enum, all the valid value name strings; + * What values are accepted, and what these values mean; + * What the property does and how it can be used; + * How the property might interact with other, existing properties. + +* It must provide a generic helper in the core code to register that + property on the object it attaches to. + +* Its content must be decoded by the core and provided in the object's + associated state structure. That includes anything drivers might want + to precompute, like struct drm_clip_rect for planes. + +* Its initial state must match the behavior prior to the property + introduction. This might be a fixed value matching what the hardware + does, or it may be inherited from the state the firmware left the + system in during boot. + +* An IGT test must be submitted where reasonable. + +For historical reasons, non-standard, driver-specific properties exist. If a KMS +driver wants to add support for one of those properties, the requirements for +new properties apply where possible. Additionally, the documented behavior must +match the de facto semantics of the existing property to ensure compatibility. +Developers of the driver that first added the property should help with those +tasks and must ACK the documented behavior if possible. + Property Types and Blob Property Support ---------------------------------------- @@ -475,6 +545,8 @@ Property Types and Blob Property Support .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c :export: +.. _standard_connector_properties: + Standard Connector Properties ----------------------------- @@ -487,6 +559,12 @@ HDMI Specific Connector Properties .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c :doc: HDMI connector properties +Analog TV Specific Connector Properties +--------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c + :doc: Analog TV Connector Properties + Standard CRTC Properties ------------------------ @@ -499,17 +577,21 @@ Standard Plane Properties .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c :doc: standard plane properties +.. _plane_composition_properties: + Plane Composition Properties ---------------------------- .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c :doc: overview +.. _damage_tracking_properties: + Damage Tracking Properties -------------------------- -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_damage_helper.c - :doc: overview +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c + :doc: damage tracking Color Management Properties --------------------------- @@ -536,6 +618,12 @@ Variable Refresh Properties .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c :doc: Variable refresh properties +Cursor Hotspot Properties +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c + :doc: hotspot properties + Existing KMS Properties ----------------------- |