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author | Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> | 2015-12-08 09:49:19 +0100 |
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committer | Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> | 2015-12-15 10:22:27 +0100 |
commit | d55f5320c7811d3858edaef5f2d4a9a7e43b1af8 (patch) | |
tree | 6d88581519a769d7053f4b143a0c685b3b3fdc79 /Documentation | |
parent | 07bad49ea89558583bc3d80c27e6c234fe0a4b63 (diff) | |
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drm: Move more framebuffer doc from docbook to kerneldoc
I missed a few paragraphs in the docbook that need to be pulled into
the fbdev vfunc docs.
v2: Spelling fixes from Thierry.
Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1449564561-3896-3-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch
Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl | 72 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 71 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl index a27bdf9eaab5..6c6e81a9eaf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl @@ -986,10 +986,7 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis> !Idrivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c </sect2> <sect2> - <title>Frame Buffer Creation</title> - <synopsis>struct drm_framebuffer *(*fb_create)(struct drm_device *dev, - struct drm_file *file_priv, - struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd);</synopsis> + <title>Frame Buffer Abstraction</title> <para> Frame buffers are abstract memory objects that provide a source of pixels to scanout to a CRTC. Applications explicitly request the @@ -1008,73 +1005,6 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis> and so expects TTM handles in the create ioctl and not GEM handles. </para> <para> - Drivers must first validate the requested frame buffer parameters passed - through the mode_cmd argument. In particular this is where invalid - sizes, pixel formats or pitches can be caught. - </para> - <para> - If the parameters are deemed valid, drivers then create, initialize and - return an instance of struct <structname>drm_framebuffer</structname>. - If desired the instance can be embedded in a larger driver-specific - structure. Drivers must fill its <structfield>width</structfield>, - <structfield>height</structfield>, <structfield>pitches</structfield>, - <structfield>offsets</structfield>, <structfield>depth</structfield>, - <structfield>bits_per_pixel</structfield> and - <structfield>pixel_format</structfield> fields from the values passed - through the <parameter>drm_mode_fb_cmd2</parameter> argument. They - should call the <function>drm_helper_mode_fill_fb_struct</function> - helper function to do so. - </para> - - <para> - The initialization of the new framebuffer instance is finalized with a - call to <function>drm_framebuffer_init</function> which takes a pointer - to DRM frame buffer operations (struct - <structname>drm_framebuffer_funcs</structname>). Note that this function - publishes the framebuffer and so from this point on it can be accessed - concurrently from other threads. Hence it must be the last step in the - driver's framebuffer initialization sequence. Frame buffer operations - are - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <synopsis>int (*create_handle)(struct drm_framebuffer *fb, - struct drm_file *file_priv, unsigned int *handle);</synopsis> - <para> - Create a handle to the frame buffer underlying memory object. If - the frame buffer uses a multi-plane format, the handle will - reference the memory object associated with the first plane. - </para> - <para> - Drivers call <function>drm_gem_handle_create</function> to create - the handle. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <synopsis>void (*destroy)(struct drm_framebuffer *framebuffer);</synopsis> - <para> - Destroy the frame buffer object and frees all associated - resources. Drivers must call - <function>drm_framebuffer_cleanup</function> to free resources - allocated by the DRM core for the frame buffer object, and must - make sure to unreference all memory objects associated with the - frame buffer. Handles created by the - <methodname>create_handle</methodname> operation are released by - the DRM core. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <synopsis>int (*dirty)(struct drm_framebuffer *framebuffer, - struct drm_file *file_priv, unsigned flags, unsigned color, - struct drm_clip_rect *clips, unsigned num_clips);</synopsis> - <para> - This optional operation notifies the driver that a region of the - frame buffer has changed in response to a DRM_IOCTL_MODE_DIRTYFB - ioctl call. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - <para> The lifetime of a drm framebuffer is controlled with a reference count, drivers can grab additional references with <function>drm_framebuffer_reference</function>and drop them |