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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-07-16 04:04:27 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-07-16 04:04:27 +0200
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Merge tag 'drm-next-2019-07-16' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm
Pull drm updates from Dave Airlie: "The biggest thing in this is the AMD Navi GPU support, this again contains a bunch of header files that are large. These are the new AMD RX5700 GPUs that just recently became available. New drivers: - ST-Ericsson MCDE driver - Ingenic JZ47xx SoC UAPI change: - HDR source metadata property Core: - HDR inforframes and EDID parsing - drm hdmi infoframe unpacking - remove prime sg_table caching into dma-buf - New gem vram helpers to reduce driver code - Lots of drmP.h removal - reservation fencing fix - documentation updates - drm_fb_helper_connector removed - mode name command handler rewrite fbcon: - Remove the fbcon notifiers ttm: - forward progress fixes dma-buf: - make mmap call optional - debugfs refcount fixes - dma-fence free with pending signals fix - each dma-buf gets an inode Panels: - Lots of additional panel bindings amdgpu: - initial navi10 support - avoid hw reset - HDR metadata support - new thermal sensors for vega asics - RAS fixes - use HMM rather than MMU notifier - xgmi topology via kfd - SR-IOV fixes - driver reload fixes - DC use a core bpc attribute - Aux fixes for DC - Bandwidth calc updates for DC - Clock handling refactor - kfd VEGAM support vmwgfx: - Coherent memory support changes i915: - HDR Support - HDMI i2c link - Icelake multi-segmented gamma support - GuC firmware update - Mule Creek Canyon PCH support for EHL - EHL platform updtes - move i915.alpha_support to i915.force_probe - runtime PM refactoring - VBT parsing refactoring - DSI fixes - struct mutex dependency reduction - GEM code reorg mali-dp: - Komeda driver features msm: - dsi vs EPROBE_DEFER fixes - msm8998 snapdragon 835 support - a540 gpu support - mdp5 and dpu interconnect support exynos: - drmP.h removal tegra: - misc fixes tda998x: - audio support improvements - pixel repeated mode support - quantisation range handling corrections - HDMI vendor info fix armada: - interlace support fix - overlay/video plane register handling refactor - add gamma support rockchip: - RX3328 support panfrost: - expose perf counters via hidden ioctls vkms: - enumerate CRC sources list ast: - rework BO handling mgag200: - rework BO handling dw-hdmi: - suspend/resume support rcar-du: - R8A774A1 Soc Support - LVDS dual-link mode support - Additional formats - Misc fixes omapdrm: - DSI command mode display support stm - fb modifier support - runtime PM support sun4i: - use vmap ops vc4: - binner bo binding rework v3d: - compute shader support - resync/sync fixes - job management refactoring lima: - NULL pointer in irq handler fix - scheduler default timeout virtio: - fence seqno support - trace events bochs: - misc fixes tc458767: - IRQ/HDP handling sii902x: - HDMI audio support atmel-hlcdc: - misc fixes meson: - zpos support" * tag 'drm-next-2019-07-16' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm: (1815 commits) Revert "Merge branch 'vmwgfx-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~thomash/linux into drm-next" Revert "mm: adjust apply_to_pfn_range interface for dropped token." mm: adjust apply_to_pfn_range interface for dropped token. drm/amdgpu/navi10: add uclk activity sensor drm/amdgpu: properly guard the generic discovery code drm/amdgpu: add missing documentation on new module parameters drm/amdgpu: don't invalidate caches in RELEASE_MEM, only do the writeback drm/amd/display: avoid 64-bit division drm/amdgpu/psp11: simplify the ucode register logic drm/amdgpu: properly guard DC support in navi code drm/amd/powerplay: vega20: fix uninitialized variable use drm/amd/display: dcn20: include linux/delay.h amdgpu: make pmu support optional drm/amd/powerplay: Zero initialize current_rpm in vega20_get_fan_speed_percent drm/amd/powerplay: Zero initialize freq in smu_v11_0_get_current_clk_freq drm/amd/powerplay: Use memset to initialize metrics structs drm/amdgpu/mes10.1: Fix header guard drm/amd/powerplay: add temperature sensor support for navi10 drm/amdgpu: fix scheduler timeout calc drm/amdgpu: Prepare for hmm_range_register API change (v2) ...
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@@ -85,16 +85,18 @@ leads to a few additional requirements:
- The userspace side must be fully reviewed and tested to the standards of that
userspace project. For e.g. mesa this means piglit testcases and review on the
mailing list. This is again to ensure that the new interface actually gets the
- job done.
+ job done. The userspace-side reviewer should also provide an Acked-by on the
+ kernel uAPI patch indicating that they believe the proposed uAPI is sound and
+ sufficiently documented and validated for userspace's consumption.
- The userspace patches must be against the canonical upstream, not some vendor
fork. This is to make sure that no one cheats on the review and testing
requirements by doing a quick fork.
- The kernel patch can only be merged after all the above requirements are met,
- but it **must** be merged **before** the userspace patches land. uAPI always flows
- from the kernel, doing things the other way round risks divergence of the uAPI
- definitions and header files.
+ but it **must** be merged to either drm-next or drm-misc-next **before** the
+ userspace patches land. uAPI always flows from the kernel, doing things the
+ other way round risks divergence of the uAPI definitions and header files.
These are fairly steep requirements, but have grown out from years of shared
pain and experience with uAPI added hastily, and almost always regretted about
@@ -327,3 +329,12 @@ DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL
mode setting, since on many devices the vertical blank counter is
reset to 0 at some point during modeset. Modern drivers should not
call this any more since with kernel mode setting it is a no-op.
+
+Userspace API Structures
+========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+ :doc: overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+ :internal: