[PATCH] drm/uapi: document kernel capabilities

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Thu Mar 4 22:10:57 UTC 2021


Document all of the DRM_CAP_* defines.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com>
---
 include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index 0827037c5484..4ef07f505725 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -625,30 +625,122 @@ struct drm_gem_open {
 	__u64 size;
 };
 
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports creating dumb buffers via the
+ * &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB ioctl.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER		0x1
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_VBLANK_HIGH_CRTC
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the kernel supports specifying a CRTC index in the high bits of
+ * &drm_wait_vblank_request.type.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_VBLANK_HIGH_CRTC	0x2
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH
+ *
+ * The preferred depth (in bits) for dumb buffers.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH	0x3
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver prefers userspace to render to a shadow buffer
+ * instead of directly rendering to a dumb buffer.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW	0x4
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_PRIME
+ *
+ * Bitfield of supported PRIME sharing capabilities. See &DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT
+ * and &DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_PRIME			0x5
+/**
+ * DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT
+ *
+ * If this bit is set in &DRM_CAP_PRIME, the driver supports importing PRIME
+ * buffers.
+ */
 #define  DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT		0x1
+/**
+ * DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT
+ *
+ * If this bit is set in &DRM_CAP_PRIME, the driver supports exporting PRIME
+ * buffers.
+ */
 #define  DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT		0x2
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC
+ *
+ * If set to 0, the kernel will report timestamps with the realtime clock in
+ * struct drm_event_vblank. If set to 1, the kernel will report timestamps with
+ * the monotonic clock.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC	0x6
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports &DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP		0x7
-/*
- * The CURSOR_WIDTH and CURSOR_HEIGHT capabilities return a valid widthxheight
- * combination for the hardware cursor. The intention is that a hardware
- * agnostic userspace can query a cursor plane size to use.
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_CURSOR_WIDTH
+ *
+ * The ``CURSOR_WIDTH`` and ``CURSOR_HEIGHT`` capabilities return a valid
+ * width x height combination for the hardware cursor. The intention is that a
+ * hardware agnostic userspace can query a cursor plane size to use.
  *
  * Note that the cross-driver contract is to merely return a valid size;
  * drivers are free to attach another meaning on top, eg. i915 returns the
  * maximum plane size.
  */
 #define DRM_CAP_CURSOR_WIDTH		0x8
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_CURSOR_HEIGHT
+ *
+ * See &DRM_CAP_CURSOR_WIDTH.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_CURSOR_HEIGHT		0x9
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_ADDFB2_MODIFIERS
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports supplying modifiers in the
+ * &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB2 ioctl.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_ADDFB2_MODIFIERS	0x10
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports the &DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_ABSOLUTE and
+ * &DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_RELATIVE flags in
+ * &drm_mode_crtc_page_flip_target.flags for the &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_PAGE_FLIP
+ * ioctl.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET	0x11
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_CRTC_IN_VBLANK_EVENT
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the kernel supports reporting the CRTC ID in
+ * &drm_event_vblank.crtc_id.
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_CRTC_IN_VBLANK_EVENT	0x12
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports sync objects. See
+ * Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst, section "DRM Sync Objects".
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ		0x13
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports timeline operations on sync objects. See
+ * Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst, section "DRM Sync Objects".
+ */
 #define DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE	0x14
 
 /* DRM_IOCTL_GET_CAP ioctl argument type */
-- 
2.30.1



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