From 755d20ebc44759315f1602813e0ff6caade92168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:23:34 +0200 Subject: drm/todo: Add atomic modesetting references The section about converting existing KMS drivers to atomic modesetting mentions the existence of a conversion guide, but does not reference it. While the guide is old and rusty, it still contains useful information, so add a link to it. Also link to the LWN.net articles that give an overview about the atomic mode setting design. While at it, remove the reference to unconverted virtual HW drivers, as they've been converted. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/6809d0fda0716892cbccf0ee272481032251026d.1689779916.git.geert+renesas@glider.be --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/gpu/todo.rst') 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 -- cgit