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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl271
2 files changed, 221 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
index fca34192cf80..cbfdf5486639 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ X!Edrivers/base/interface.c
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Device Drivers DMA Management</title>
!Edrivers/base/dma-buf.c
+!Edrivers/base/reservation.c
+!Iinclude/linux/reservation.h
!Edrivers/base/dma-coherent.c
!Edrivers/base/dma-mapping.c
</sect1>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 6dd8d10d6b7e..7d1278e7a434 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ</term><term>DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED</term>
<listitem><para>
- DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has an IRQ handler. The
- DRM core will automatically register an interrupt handler when the
- flag is set. DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp;
- handler support shared IRQs (note that this is required of PCI
- drivers).
+ DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has an IRQ handler
+ managed by the DRM Core. The core will support simple IRQ handler
+ installation when the flag is set. The installation process is
+ described in <xref linkend="drm-irq-registration"/>.</para>
+ <para>DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp; handler
+ support shared IRQs (note that this is required of PCI drivers).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -344,50 +345,71 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
The DRM core tries to facilitate IRQ handler registration and
unregistration by providing <function>drm_irq_install</function> and
<function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> functions. Those functions only
- support a single interrupt per device.
- </para>
- <!--!Fdrivers/char/drm/drm_irq.c drm_irq_install-->
- <para>
- Both functions get the device IRQ by calling
- <function>drm_dev_to_irq</function>. This inline function will call a
- bus-specific operation to retrieve the IRQ number. For platform devices,
- <function>platform_get_irq</function>(..., 0) is used to retrieve the
- IRQ number.
- </para>
- <para>
- <function>drm_irq_install</function> starts by calling the
- <methodname>irq_preinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- is optional and must make sure that the interrupt will not get fired by
- clearing all pending interrupt flags or disabling the interrupt.
- </para>
- <para>
- The IRQ will then be requested by a call to
- <function>request_irq</function>. If the DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED driver
- feature flag is set, a shared (IRQF_SHARED) IRQ handler will be
- requested.
- </para>
- <para>
- The IRQ handler function must be provided as the mandatory irq_handler
- driver operation. It will get passed directly to
- <function>request_irq</function> and thus has the same prototype as all
- IRQ handlers. It will get called with a pointer to the DRM device as the
- second argument.
- </para>
- <para>
- Finally the function calls the optional
- <methodname>irq_postinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- usually enables interrupts (excluding the vblank interrupt, which is
- enabled separately), but drivers may choose to enable/disable interrupts
- at a different time.
- </para>
- <para>
- <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> is similarly used to uninstall an
- IRQ handler. It starts by waking up all processes waiting on a vblank
- interrupt to make sure they don't hang, and then calls the optional
- <methodname>irq_uninstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- must disable all hardware interrupts. Finally the function frees the IRQ
- by calling <function>free_irq</function>.
+ support a single interrupt per device, devices that use more than one
+ IRQs need to be handled manually.
</para>
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Managed IRQ Registration</title>
+ <para>
+ Both the <function>drm_irq_install</function> and
+ <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> functions get the device IRQ by
+ calling <function>drm_dev_to_irq</function>. This inline function will
+ call a bus-specific operation to retrieve the IRQ number. For platform
+ devices, <function>platform_get_irq</function>(..., 0) is used to
+ retrieve the IRQ number.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>drm_irq_install</function> starts by calling the
+ <methodname>irq_preinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ is optional and must make sure that the interrupt will not get fired by
+ clearing all pending interrupt flags or disabling the interrupt.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The IRQ will then be requested by a call to
+ <function>request_irq</function>. If the DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED driver
+ feature flag is set, a shared (IRQF_SHARED) IRQ handler will be
+ requested.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The IRQ handler function must be provided as the mandatory irq_handler
+ driver operation. It will get passed directly to
+ <function>request_irq</function> and thus has the same prototype as all
+ IRQ handlers. It will get called with a pointer to the DRM device as the
+ second argument.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Finally the function calls the optional
+ <methodname>irq_postinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ usually enables interrupts (excluding the vblank interrupt, which is
+ enabled separately), but drivers may choose to enable/disable interrupts
+ at a different time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> is similarly used to uninstall an
+ IRQ handler. It starts by waking up all processes waiting on a vblank
+ interrupt to make sure they don't hang, and then calls the optional
+ <methodname>irq_uninstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ must disable all hardware interrupts. Finally the function frees the IRQ
+ by calling <function>free_irq</function>.
+ </para>
+ </sect4>
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Manual IRQ Registration</title>
+ <para>
+ Drivers that require multiple interrupt handlers can't use the managed
+ IRQ registration functions. In that case IRQs must be registered and
+ unregistered manually (usually with the <function>request_irq</function>
+ and <function>free_irq</function> functions, or their devm_* equivalent).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When manually registering IRQs, drivers must not set the DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ
+ driver feature flag, and must not provide the
+ <methodname>irq_handler</methodname> driver operation. They must set the
+ <structname>drm_device</structname> <structfield>irq_enabled</structfield>
+ field to 1 upon registration of the IRQs, and clear it to 0 after
+ unregistering the IRQs.
+ </para>
+ </sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Memory Manager Initialization</title>
@@ -1214,6 +1236,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given CRTC property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<synopsis>void (*gamma_set)(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 *r, u16 *g, u16 *b,
uint32_t start, uint32_t size);</synopsis>
<para>
@@ -1363,6 +1394,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<xref linkend="drm-kms-init"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_plane *plane,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given plane property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -1572,6 +1612,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_connector *connector,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given connector property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<synopsis>void (*destroy)(struct drm_connector *connector);</synopsis>
<para>
Destroy the connector when not needed anymore. See
@@ -1846,10 +1895,6 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<synopsis>bool (*mode_fixup)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);</synopsis>
- <note><para>
- FIXME: The mode argument be const, but the i915 driver modifies
- mode-&gt;clock in <function>intel_dp_mode_fixup</function>.
- </para></note>
<para>
Let encoders adjust the requested mode or reject it completely. This
operation returns true if the mode is accepted (possibly after being
@@ -2161,6 +2206,128 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<title>EDID Helper Functions Reference</title>
!Edrivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Rectangle Utilities Reference</title>
+!Pinclude/drm/drm_rect.h rect utils
+!Iinclude/drm/drm_rect.h
+!Edrivers/gpu/drm/drm_rect.c
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- Internals: kms properties -->
+
+ <sect1 id="drm-kms-properties">
+ <title>KMS Properties</title>
+ <para>
+ Drivers may need to expose additional parameters to applications than
+ those described in the previous sections. KMS supports attaching
+ properties to CRTCs, connectors and planes and offers a userspace API to
+ list, get and set the property values.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Properties are identified by a name that uniquely defines the property
+ purpose, and store an associated value. For all property types except blob
+ properties the value is a 64-bit unsigned integer.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ KMS differentiates between properties and property instances. Drivers
+ first create properties and then create and associate individual instances
+ of those properties to objects. A property can be instantiated multiple
+ times and associated with different objects. Values are stored in property
+ instances, and all other property information are stored in the propery
+ and shared between all instances of the property.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Every property is created with a type that influences how the KMS core
+ handles the property. Supported property types are
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_RANGE</term>
+ <listitem><para>Range properties report their minimum and maximum
+ admissible values. The KMS core verifies that values set by
+ application fit in that range.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM</term>
+ <listitem><para>Enumerated properties take a numerical value that
+ ranges from 0 to the number of enumerated values defined by the
+ property minus one, and associate a free-formed string name to each
+ value. Applications can retrieve the list of defined value-name pairs
+ and use the numerical value to get and set property instance values.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK</term>
+ <listitem><para>Bitmask properties are enumeration properties that
+ additionally restrict all enumerated values to the 0..63 range.
+ Bitmask property instance values combine one or more of the
+ enumerated bits defined by the property.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB</term>
+ <listitem><para>Blob properties store a binary blob without any format
+ restriction. The binary blobs are created as KMS standalone objects,
+ and blob property instance values store the ID of their associated
+ blob object.</para>
+ <para>Blob properties are only used for the connector EDID property
+ and cannot be created by drivers.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To create a property drivers call one of the following functions depending
+ on the property type. All property creation functions take property flags
+ and name, as well as type-specific arguments.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_range(struct drm_device *dev, int flags,
+ const char *name,
+ uint64_t min, uint64_t max);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create a range property with the given minimum and maximum
+ values.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_enum(struct drm_device *dev, int flags,
+ const char *name,
+ const struct drm_prop_enum_list *props,
+ int num_values);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create an enumerated property. The <parameter>props</parameter>
+ argument points to an array of <parameter>num_values</parameter>
+ value-name pairs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_bitmask(struct drm_device *dev,
+ int flags, const char *name,
+ const struct drm_prop_enum_list *props,
+ int num_values);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create a bitmask property. The <parameter>props</parameter>
+ argument points to an array of <parameter>num_values</parameter>
+ value-name pairs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Properties can additionally be created as immutable, in which case they
+ will be read-only for applications but can be modified by the driver. To
+ create an immutable property drivers must set the DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE
+ flag at property creation time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When no array of value-name pairs is readily available at property
+ creation time for enumerated or range properties, drivers can create
+ the property using the <function>drm_property_create</function> function
+ and manually add enumeration value-name pairs by calling the
+ <function>drm_property_add_enum</function> function. Care must be taken to
+ properly specify the property type through the <parameter>flags</parameter>
+ argument.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After creating properties drivers can attach property instances to CRTC,
+ connector and plane objects by calling the
+ <function>drm_object_attach_property</function>. The function takes a
+ pointer to the target object, a pointer to the previously created property
+ and an initial instance value.
+ </para>
</sect1>
<!-- Internals: vertical blanking -->