Re: [PATCH v4] drm: Improve the output_poll_changed description

From: Daniel Vetter
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 05:31:45 EST


On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 11:24:02AM +0800, ZhiJie.Zhang wrote:
> From: zhangzhijie <zhangzhijie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> this callback was used by drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event()
>
> V2: (Thanks for Daniel's suggestions)
> - remove the FIXME below.since with the drm_client
> - infrastructure and the generic fbdev emulation we've
> - resolved this all very neatly now.
>
> V3: Add comments that This hook is deprecated
> - new implementation methods instead of this hook
>
> v4: used by drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event()
> - drm_fb_helper_hotplug_changed() is not found
> instead by drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event()
>
> Signed-off-by: ZhiJie.Zhang <zhangzhijie@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to drm-misc-next, thanks for the patch.
-Daniel

> ---
> include/drm/drm_mode_config.h | 13 ++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> index 1ddf7783fdf7..48b7de80daf5 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> @@ -103,14 +103,13 @@ struct drm_mode_config_funcs {
> * Callback used by helpers to inform the driver of output configuration
> * changes.
> *
> - * Drivers implementing fbdev emulation with the helpers can call
> - * drm_fb_helper_hotplug_changed from this hook to inform the fbdev
> - * helper of output changes.
> + * Drivers implementing fbdev emulation use drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event()
> + * to call this hook to inform the fbdev helper of output changes.
> *
> - * FIXME:
> - *
> - * Except that there's no vtable for device-level helper callbacks
> - * there's no reason this is a core function.
> + * This hook is deprecated, drivers should instead use
> + * drm_fbdev_generic_setup() which takes care of any necessary
> + * hotplug event forwarding already without further involvement by
> + * the driver.
> */
> void (*output_poll_changed)(struct drm_device *dev);
>
> --
> 2.33.0
>

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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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