[PATCH v6] drm/doc: Document DRM device reset expectations
Michel Dänzer
michel.daenzer at mailbox.org
Mon Aug 14 10:11:35 UTC 2023
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 at igalia.com>
[...]
> +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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