[RFC,drm-misc-next v4 2/9] drm/nouveau: Implement .be_primary() callback

From: Sui Jingfeng
Date: Mon Sep 04 2023 - 15:57:47 EST


From: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

On a machine with multiple GPUs, a Linux user has no control over which one
is primary at boot time. This patch tries to solve the mentioned problem by
implementing the .be_primary() callback. VGAARB will call back to Nouveau
when the drm/nouveau gets loaded successfully.

Pass nouveau.modeset=10 on the kernel cmd line if you really want the
device bound by Nouveau to be the primary video adapter. This overrides
whatever boot device selected by VGAARB.

Signed-off-by: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c
index 162b4f4676c7..4242188667e2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ nouveau_switcheroo_ops = {
.can_switch = nouveau_switcheroo_can_switch,
};

+static bool
+nouveau_want_to_be_primary(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ if (nouveau_modeset == 10)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
void
nouveau_vga_init(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
{
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ nouveau_vga_init(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
return;
pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);

- vga_client_register(pdev, nouveau_vga_set_decode, NULL);
+ vga_client_register(pdev, nouveau_vga_set_decode, nouveau_want_to_be_primary);

/* don't register Thunderbolt eGPU with vga_switcheroo */
if (pci_is_thunderbolt_attached(pdev))
--
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