I missed a few paragraphs in the docbook that need to be pulled into
the fbdev vfunc docs.
Cc: Thierry Reding <tred...@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@intel.com>
---
Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl | 72 +-----------------------------------------
include/drm/drm_crtc.h | 18 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gpu.tmpl
index 5698c93dae8b..0c02ba0d0750 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
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 4f587a5bc88f..6fe14a773def 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ struct drm_framebuffer_funcs {
* Clean up framebuffer resources, specifically also unreference the
* backing storage. The core guarantees to call this function for every
* framebuffer successfully created by ->fb_create() in
- * &drm_mode_config_funcs.
+ * &drm_mode_config_funcs. Drivers must also call
+ * drm_framebuffer_cleanup() to release DRM core resources for this
+ * framebuffer.
*/
void (*destroy)(struct drm_framebuffer *framebuffer);
@@ -187,6 +189,9 @@ struct drm_framebuffer_funcs {
* copying the current screen contents to a private buffer and blending
* between that and the new contents.
*
+ * GEM based drivers should call drm_gem_handle_create() to create the
+ * handle.
+ *
* RETURNS:
*
* 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
@@ -1727,6 +1732,17 @@ struct drm_mode_config_funcs {
* requested metadata, but most of that is left to the driver. See
* struct &drm_mode_fb_cmd2 for details.
*
+ * If the parameters are deemed valid and the backing storage objects in
+ * the underlying memory manager all exists then the drivers to allocate
+ * a new &drm_framebuffer structure, subclassed to contain
+ * driver-specific information (like the internal native buffer object
+ * references). It also needs to fill out all relevant metadata, which
+ * should by done by calling drm_helper_mode_fill_fb_struct().
+ *
+ * The initializing is finalized by calling drm_framebuffer_init(),
+ * which registers the framebuffer and makes it accessible to other
+ * threads.
+ *
* RETURNS:
*
* A new framebuffer with an initial reference count of 1 or a negative
--
2.5.1
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