[PATCH v14 1/2] drm: add kms driver for loongson display controller

[WANG Xuerui]

On 2023/5/22 16:29, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
> 
> On 2023/5/22 16:09, WANG Xuerui wrote:
>> On 2023/5/22 16:02, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2023/5/21 20:21, WANG Xuerui wrote:
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/Kconfig
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>>> +
>>>>> +config DRM_LOONGSON
>>>>> +    tristate "DRM support for Loongson Graphics"
>>>>> +    depends on DRM && PCI && MMU
>>>>> +    select DRM_KMS_HELPER
>>>>> +    select DRM_TTM
>>>>> +    select I2C
>>>>> +    select I2C_ALGOBIT
>>>>> +    help
>>>>> +      This is a DRM driver for Loongson Graphics, it may including
>>>>> +      LS7A2000, LS7A1000, LS2K2000 and LS2K1000 etc. Loongson LS7A
>>>>> +      series are bridge chipset, while Loongson LS2K series are SoC.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +      If "M" is selected, the module will be called loongson.
>>>>
>>>> Just "loongson"? 
>>>
>>> Yes,  when compile this driver as module,  loongson.ko will be 
>>> generated.
>>>
>>>   drm radeon is also doing so, See drm/radeon/Kconfig.
>>>
>>>> I know it's like this for ages (at least dating back to the MIPS 
>>>> days) but you really don't want to imply Loongson is mainly a GPU 
>>>> company. Something like "loongson_drm" or "lsdc" or "gsgpu" could be 
>>>> better. 
>>>
>>> No, these name may have backward compatibility problems.
>>>
>>> Downstream driver already taken those name.
>>>
>>> userspace driver need to differentiate them who is who.
>>
>> IMO this shouldn't be a problem. Let me try explaining this: 
>> currently, upstream / the "new world" doesn't have any support for 
>> this driver at all, so any name will work; just use whatever is 
>> appropriate from an upstream's perspective, then make the userspace 
>> bits recognize both variants, and you'll be fine. And the "existing" 
>> userspace drivers can also carry the change, it'll just be a branch 
>> never taken in that setup.
>>
>> So, I'm still in favor of keeping the upstream "clean" without dubious 
>> names like this (bare "loongson"). What do you think about my 
>> suggestion above?
>>
> No,
> 
> there is a 'arm' folder in the drivers/gpu/drm/,  It doesn't say that 
> arm is a pure gpu company.
> 
> there is a 'ingenic' folder in the drivers/gpu/drm/, ingenic also have 
> their own custom CPUs.
> 
> there is a 'amd' folder in the drivers/gpu/drm/, these doesn't imply amd 
> is mainly a GPU company.
> 
> when a folder emerged in drm/, it stand for the GPU related part of this 
> company.

What you said is correct, but I'm referring to the module name, instead 
of the directory name. For example the AMD GPU driver is called 
"amdgpu", not "amd"; similarly, the Ingenic DRM driver is called 
"ingenic-drm", not "ingenic".

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WANG "xen0n" Xuerui

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