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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index d0f9f87ea515..60942f00768b 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -49,14 +49,18 @@ converted over. Modern compositors like Wayland or Surfaceflinger on Android really want an atomic modeset interface, so this is all about the bright future. -There is a conversion guide for atomic and all you need is a GPU for a -non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all -suitable). +There is a conversion guide for atomic [1]_ and all you need is a GPU for a +non-converted driver. The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2]_ +[3]_ at LWN.net can also be helpful. As part of this drivers also need to convert to universal plane (which means exposing primary & cursor as proper plane objects). But that's much easier to do by directly using the new atomic helper driver callbacks. + .. [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html + .. [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/ + .. [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/ + Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers Level: Advanced |