Re: [PATCH v2 00/28] drm: Implement state readout support

From: Jani Nikula

Date: Thu Apr 23 2026 - 06:56:30 EST


On Thu, 23 Apr 2026, Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here's a series that implement what i915 calls "fastboot", ie,
> initializing the initial KMS state from the hardware state at boot, to
> skip the first modeset if the firmware already set up the display.

FWIW, in i915 we also use the state readout for atomic commit
verification. Write software state to hardware, read hardware state
back, compare with the original state, complain if there's a difference.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel