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From: =?UTF-8?q?Ville=20Syrj=C3=A4l=C3=A4?= <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 14:49:54 +0300
Subject: drm: Add dev->vblank_disable_immediate flag
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Add a flag to drm_device which will cause the vblank code to bypass the
disable timer and always disable the vblank interrupt immediately when
the last reference is dropped.
v2: Add some notes about the flag to the kernel doc
Reviewed-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
---
Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
(limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 55923d00bd52..583edbffff1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -3387,6 +3387,12 @@ void (*disable_vblank) (struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);</synopsis>
module parameter or the <varname>drm_vblank_offdelay</varname> global
variable and expressed in milliseconds. Its default value is 5000 ms.
Zero means never disable, and a negative value means disable immediately.
+ Drivers may override the behaviour by setting the
+ <structname>drm_device</structname>
+ <structfield>vblank_disable_immediate</structfield> flag, which when set
+ causes vblank interrupts to be disabled immediately regardless of the
+ drm_vblank_offdelay value. The flag should only be set if there's a
+ properly working hardware vblank counter present.
</para>
<para>
When a vertical blanking interrupt occurs drivers only need to call the
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