[PATCH] amd/display: remove ChromeOS workaround

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Thu Oct 21 16:25:29 UTC 2021


On Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 17:35, Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr> wrote:

> This reverts commits ddab8bd788f5 ("drm/amd/display: Fix two cursor duplication
> when using overlay") and e7d9560aeae5 ("Revert "drm/amd/display: Fix overlay
> validation by considering cursors"").
>
> tl;dr ChromeOS uses the atomic interface for everything except the cursor. This
> is incorrect and forces amdgpu to disable some hardware features. Let's revert
> the ChromeOS-specific workaround in mainline and allow the Chrome team to keep
> it internally in their own tree.
>
> See [1] for more details. This patch is an alternative to [2], which added
> ChromeOS detection.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/JIQ_93_cHcshiIDsrMU1huBzx9P9LVQxucx8hQArpQu7Wk5DrCl_vTXj_Q20m_L-8C8A5dSpNcSJ8ehfcCrsQpfB5QG_Spn14EYkH9chtg0=@emersion.fr/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20211011151609.452132-1-contact@emersion.fr/

Alex, are you okay with moving forward with this patch, or do you prefer the
other approach?


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