Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/todo: Add atomic modesetting references

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Javier,

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:39 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > The section about converting existing KMS drivers to atomic modesetting
> > mentions the existence of a conversion guide, but does not reference it.
> > While the guide is old and rusty, it still contains useful information,
> > so add a link to it.  Also link to the LWN.net articles that give an
> > overview about the atomic mode setting design.

> > --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
> > @@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ converted over. Modern compositors like Wayland or Surfaceflinger on Android
> >  really want an atomic modeset interface, so this is all about the bright
> >  future.
> >
> > -There is a conversion guide for atomic and all you need is a GPU for a
> > +There is a conversion guide for atomic[1] and all you need is a GPU for a
> >  non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all
> > -suitable).
>
> Are any of the virtual drivers not yet ported to atomic? This sentence
> seems to be outdated and maybe you could remove it on a following patch?

Good question.  I'm not sure which driver(s) this refers to.
drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/ was introduced much later, and always had
DRIVER_ATOMIC. Perhaps just the boochs driver, which was converted?

> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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