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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 6792fa9b6b6b..b3c0d517db93 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -351,6 +351,23 @@ connector register/unregister fixes Level: Intermediate +Remove load/unload callbacks from all non-DRIVER_LEGACY drivers +--------------------------------------------------------------- + +The load/unload callbacks in struct &drm_driver are very much midlayers, plus +for historical reasons they get the ordering wrong (and we can't fix that) +between setting up the &drm_driver structure and calling drm_dev_register(). + +- Rework drivers to no longer use the load/unload callbacks, directly coding the + load/unload sequence into the driver's probe function. + +- Once all non-DRIVER_LEGACY drivers are converted, disallow the load/unload + callbacks for all modern drivers. + +Contact: Daniel Vetter + +Level: Intermediate + Core refactorings ================= |