> Thanks for this. It's really good to see this.
>
> Reviewed-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentl...@amd.com>
Hearfully seconded, let's get this rolling :)
Reviewed-by: Yann Dirson <ydir...@free.fr>
>
> Harry
>
> On 2021-12-09 09:20, Rodrigo Siqueira wrote:
> > Display Core (DC) is one of the components under amdgpu, and it has
> > multiple features directly related to the KMS API. Unfortunately,
> > we
> > don't have enough documentation about DC in the upstream, which
> > makes
> > the life of some external contributors a little bit more
> > challenging.
> > For these reasons, this patchset reworks part of the DC
> > documentation
> > and introduces a new set of details on how the display core works
> > on DCN
> > IP. Another improvement that this documentation effort tries to
> > bring is
> > making explicit some of our hardware-specific details to guide
> > user-space developers better.
> >
> > In my view, it is easier to review this series if you apply it in
> > your
> > local kernel and build the HTML version (make htmldocs). I'm
> > suggesting
> > this approach because I added a few SVG diagrams that will be
> > easier to
> > see in the HTML version. If you cannot build the documentation, try
> > to
> > open the SVG images while reviewing the content. In summary, in
> > this
> > series, you will find:
> >
> > 1. Patch 1: Re-arrange of display core documentation. This is
> > preparation work for the other patches, but it is also a way to
> > expand
> > this documentation.
> > 2. Patch 2 to 4: Document some common debug options related to
> > display.
> > 3. Patch 5: This patch provides an overview of how our display core
> > next
> > works and a brief explanation of each component.
> > 4. Patch 6: We use a lot of acronyms in our driver; for this
> > reason, we
> > exposed a glossary with common terms used by display core.
> >
> > Please let us know what you think we can improve this series and
> > what
> > kind of content you want to see for the next series.
> >
> > Changes since V3:
> > - Add new acronyms to amdgpu glossary
> > - Add link between dc and amdgpu glossary
> > Changes since V2:
> > - Add a comment about MMHUBBUB
> > Changes since V1:
> > - Group amdgpu documentation together.
> > - Create index pages.
> > - Mirror display folder in the documentation.
> > - Divide glossary based on driver context.
> > - Make terms more consistent and update CPLIB
> > - Add new acronyms to the glossary
> >
> > Thanks
> > Siqueira
> >
> > Rodrigo Siqueira (6):
> > Documentation/gpu: Reorganize DC documentation
> > Documentation/gpu: Document amdgpu_dm_visual_confirm debugfs
> > entry
> > Documentation/gpu: Document pipe split visual confirmation
> > Documentation/gpu: How to collect DTN log
> > Documentation/gpu: Add basic overview of DC pipeline
> > Documentation/gpu: Add amdgpu and dc glossary
> >
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu-dc.rst | 74 --
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst | 87 ++
> > .../gpu/amdgpu/display/config_example.svg | 414 ++++++
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-debug.rst | 77 ++
> > .../gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst | 237 ++++
> > .../amdgpu/display/dc_pipeline_overview.svg | 1125
> > +++++++++++++++++
> > .../gpu/amdgpu/display/dcn-overview.rst | 171 +++
> > .../gpu/amdgpu/display/display-manager.rst | 42 +
> > .../gpu/amdgpu/display/global_sync_vblank.svg | 485 +++++++
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/index.rst | 29 +
> > .../gpu/{amdgpu.rst => amdgpu/index.rst} | 25 +-
> > Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst | 3 +-
> > 12 files changed, 2690 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> > delete mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu-dc.rst
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/config_example.svg
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-debug.rst
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc_pipeline_overview.svg
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dcn-overview.rst
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/display-manager.rst
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/global_sync_vblank.svg
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/index.rst
> > rename Documentation/gpu/{amdgpu.rst => amdgpu/index.rst} (95%)
> >
>
>
