Re: [PATCH v6] drm/doc: Document DRM device reset expectations

[Michel Dänzer]

On 8/11/23 20:55, André Almeida wrote:
> Create a section that specifies how to deal with DRM device resets for
> kernel and userspace drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> +Robustness
> +----------
> +
> +The only way to try to keep an application working after a reset is if it
> +complies with the robustness aspects of the graphical API that it is using.

"The only way to try to keep a graphical API context working after a device reset [...]"

If a graphical API context stops working properly, it doesn't necessarily mean that the application as a whole stops working.


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