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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 12e61869939e..60d1d7ee0719 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -314,16 +314,19 @@ Level: Advanced Garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration -------------------------------------------- -Scroll acceleration is disabled in fbcon by hard-wiring p->scrollmode = -SCROLL_REDRAW. There's a ton of code this will allow us to remove: +Scroll acceleration has been disabled in fbcon. Now it works as the old +SCROLL_REDRAW mode. A ton of code was removed in fbcon.c and the hook bmove was +removed from fbcon_ops. +Remaining tasks: -- lots of code in fbcon.c - -- a bunch of the hooks in fbcon_ops, maybe the remaining hooks could be called +- a bunch of the hooks in fbcon_ops could be removed or simplified by calling directly instead of the function table (with a switch on p->rotate) - fb_copyarea is unused after this, and can be deleted from all drivers +- after that, fb_copyarea can be deleted from fb_ops in include/linux/fb.h as + well as cfb_copyarea + Note that not all acceleration code can be deleted, since clearing and cursor support is still accelerated, which might be good candidates for further deletion projects. @@ -353,23 +356,6 @@ converted, except for struct drm_driver.gem_prime_mmap. Level: Intermediate -Use DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_* helpers instead of boilerplate ---------------------------------------------------------- - -For cases where drivers are attempting to grab the modeset locks with a local -acquire context. Replace the boilerplate code surrounding -drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx() with DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_BEGIN() and -DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_END() instead. - -This should also be done for all places where drm_modeset_lock_all() is still -used. - -As a reference, take a look at the conversions already completed in drm core. - -Contact: Sean Paul, respective driver maintainers - -Level: Starter - Rename CMA helpers to DMA helpers --------------------------------- |