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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-08 02:36:12 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-08 02:36:12 +0200
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parentRevert "drm: drop redundant drm_file->is_master" (diff)
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Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
Pull DRM updates from Dave Airlie: "Like all good pull reqs this ends with a revert, so it must mean we tested it, [ Ed. That's _one_ way of looking at it ] This pull is missing nouveau, Ben has been stuck trying to track down a very longstanding bug that revealed itself due to some other changes. I've asked him to send you a direct pull request for nouveau once he cleans things up. I'm away until Monday so don't want to delay things, you can make a decision on that when he sends it, I have my phone so I can ack things just not really merge much. It has one trivial conflict with your tree in armada_drv.c, and also the pull request contains some component changes that are already in your tree, the base tree from Russell went via Greg's tree already, but some stuff still shows up in here that doesn't when I merge my tree into yours. Otherwise all pretty standard graphics fare, one new driver and changes all over the place. New drivers: - sti kms driver for STMicroelectronics chipsets stih416 and stih407. core: - lots of cleanups to the drm core - DP MST helper code merged - universal cursor planes. - render nodes enabled by default panel: - better panel interfaces - new panel support - non-continuous cock advertising ability ttm: - shrinker fixes i915: - hopefully ditched UMS support - runtime pm fixes - psr tracking and locking - now enabled by default - userptr fixes - backlight brightness fixes - MST support merged - runtime PM for dpms - primary planes locking fixes - gen8 hw semaphore support - fbc fixes - runtime PM on SOix sleep state hw. - mmio base page flipping - lots of vlv/chv fixes. - universal cursor planes radeon: - Hawaii fixes - display scalar support for non-fixed mode displays - new firmware format support - dpm on more asics by default - GPUVM improvements - uncached and wc GTT buffers - BOs > visible VRAM exynos: - i80 interface support - module auto-loading - ipp driver consolidated. armada: - irq handling in crtc layer only - crtc renumbering - add component support - DT interaction changes. tegra: - load as module fixes - eDP bpp and sync polarity fixed - DSI non-continuous clock mode support - better support for importing buffers from nouveau msm: - mdp5/adq8084 v1.3 hw enablement - devicetree clk changse - ifc6410 board working tda998x: - component support - DT documentation update vmwgfx: - fix compat shader namespace" * 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux: (551 commits) Revert "drm: drop redundant drm_file->is_master" drm/panel: simple: Use devm_gpiod_get_optional() drm/dsi: Replace upcasting macro by function drm/panel: ld9040: Replace upcasting macro by function drm/exynos: dp: Modify driver to support drm_panel drm/exynos: Move DP setup into commit() drm/panel: simple: Add AUO B133HTN01 panel support drm/panel: simple: Support delays in panel functions drm/panel: simple: Add proper definition for prepare and unprepare drm/panel: s6e8aa0: Add proper definition for prepare and unprepare drm/panel: ld9040: Add proper definition for prepare and unprepare drm/tegra: Add support for panel prepare and unprepare routines drm/exynos: dsi: Add support for panel prepare and unprepare routines drm/exynos: dpi: Add support for panel prepare and unprepare routines drm/panel: simple: Add dummy prepare and unprepare routines drm/panel: s6e8aa0: Add dummy prepare and unprepare routines drm/panel: ld9040: Add dummy prepare and unprepare routines drm/panel: Provide convenience wrapper for .get_modes() drm/panel: add .prepare() and .unprepare() functions drm/panel: simple: Remove simple-panel compatible ...
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+1. stiH display hardware IP
+---------------------------
+The STMicroelectronics stiH SoCs use a common chain of HW display IP blocks:
+- The High Quality Video Display Processor (HQVDP) gets video frames from a
+ video decoder and does high quality video processing, including scaling.
+
+- The Compositor is a multiplane, dual-mixer (Main & Aux) digital processor. It
+ has several inputs:
+ - The graphics planes are internally processed by the Generic Display
+ Pipeline (GDP).
+ - The video plug (VID) connects to the HQVDP output.
+ - The cursor handles ... a cursor.
+- The TV OUT pre-formats (convert, clip, round) the compositor output data
+- The HDMI / DVO / HD Analog / SD analog IP builds the video signals
+ - DVO (Digital Video Output) handles a 24bits parallel signal
+ - The HD analog signal is typically driven by a YCbCr cable, supporting up to
+ 1080i mode.
+ - The SD analog signal is typically used for legacy TV
+- The VTG (Video Timing Generators) build Vsync signals used by the other HW IP
+Note that some stiH drivers support only a subset of thee HW IP.
+
+ .-------------. .-----------. .-----------.
+GPU >-------------+GDP Main | | +---+ HDMI +--> HDMI
+GPU >-------------+GDP mixer+---+ | :===========:
+GPU >-------------+Cursor | | +---+ DVO +--> 24b//
+ ------- | COMPOSITOR | | TV OUT | :===========:
+ | | | | | +---+ HD analog +--> YCbCr
+Vid >--+ HQVDP +--+VID Aux +---+ | :===========:
+dec | | | mixer| | +---+ SD analog +--> CVBS
+ '-------' '-------------' '-----------' '-----------'
+ .-----------.
+ | main+--> Vsync
+ | VTG |
+ | aux+--> Vsync
+ '-----------'
+
+2. DRM / HW mapping
+-------------------
+These IP are mapped to the DRM objects as following:
+- The CRTCs are mapped to the Compositor Main and Aux Mixers
+- The Framebuffers and planes are mapped to the Compositor GDP (non video
+ buffers) and to HQVDP+VID (video buffers)
+- The Cursor is mapped to the Compositor Cursor
+- The Encoders are mapped to the TVOut
+- The Bridges/Connectors are mapped to the HDMI / DVO / HD Analog / SD analog
+
+FB & planes Cursor CRTC Encoders Bridges/Connectors
+ | | | | |
+ | | | | |
+ | .-------------. | .-----------. .-----------. |
+ +------------> |GDP | Main | | | +-> | | HDMI | <-+
+ +------------> |GDP v mixer|<+ | | | :===========: |
+ | |Cursor | | | +-> | | DVO | <-+
+ | ------- | COMPOSITOR | | |TV OUT | | :===========: |
+ | | | | | | | +-> | | HD analog | <-+
+ +-> | HQVDP | |VID Aux |<+ | | | :===========: |
+ | | | mixer| | +-> | | SD analog | <-+
+ '-------' '-------------' '-----------' '-----------'