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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 1528ad2d598b..0a49c5a1d9ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -10,25 +10,6 @@ graphics subsystem useful as newbie projects. Or for slow rainy days. Subsystem-wide refactorings =========================== -De-midlayer drivers -------------------- - -With the recent ``drm_bus`` cleanup patches for 3.17 it is no longer required -to have a ``drm_bus`` structure set up. Drivers can directly set up the -``drm_device`` structure instead of relying on bus methods in ``drm_usb.c`` -and ``drm_pci.c``. The goal is to get rid of the driver's ``->load`` / -``->unload`` callbacks and open-code the load/unload sequence properly, using -the new two-stage ``drm_device`` setup/teardown. - -Once all existing drivers are converted we can also remove those bus support -files for USB and platform devices. - -All you need is a GPU for a non-converted driver (currently almost all of -them, but also all the virtual ones used by KVM, so everyone qualifies). - -Contact: Daniel Vetter, Thierry Reding, respective driver maintainers - - Remove custom dumb_map_offset implementations --------------------------------------------- @@ -247,6 +228,12 @@ struct drm_gem_object_funcs GEM objects can now have a function table instead of having the callbacks on the DRM driver struct. This is now the preferred way and drivers can be moved over. +DRM_GEM_CMA_VMAP_DRIVER_OPS, DRM_GEM_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS already support this, but +DRM_GEM_VRAM_DRIVER_PRIME does not yet and needs to be aligned with the previous +two. We also need a 2nd version of the CMA define that doesn't require the +vmapping to be present (different hook for prime importing). Plus this needs to +be rolled out to all drivers using their own implementations, too. + Use DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_* helpers instead of boilerplate --------------------------------------------------------- @@ -300,6 +287,21 @@ it to use drm_mode_hsync() instead. Contact: Sean Paul +drm_fb_helper tasks +------------------- + +- drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked() should call restore_fbdev_mode() + not the _force variant so it can bail out if there is a master. But first + these igt tests need to be fixed: kms_fbcon_fbt@psr and + kms_fbcon_fbt@psr-suspend. + +- The max connector argument for drm_fb_helper_init() and + drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() isn't used anymore and can be removed. + +- The helper doesn't keep an array of connectors anymore so these can be + removed: drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(), + drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector() and drm_fb_helper_remove_one_connector(). + Core refactorings ================= @@ -488,5 +490,20 @@ i915 device_link_add to model the dependency between i915 and snd_had. See https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/driver-api/device_link.html +Bootsplash +========== + +There is support in place now for writing internal DRM clients making it +possible to pick up the bootsplash work that was rejected because it was written +for fbdev. + +- [v6,8/8] drm/client: Hack: Add bootsplash example + https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/306579/ + +- [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] Kernel based bootsplash + https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/13/764 + +Contact: Sam Ravnborg + Outside DRM =========== |