[PATCH 0/5] drm: Introduce DRM client library

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 27.09.24 um 21:27 schrieb Felix Kuehling:
>
> On 2024-09-27 10:37, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> With the next DRM client coming soon (drm_log) and most of DRM's
>> fbdev emulation consolidated in a few places, it's time to provide
>> a single place for the clients.
>>
>> The new module drm_client_lib.ko stores most of the common client
>> code. It's designed such that drivers can opt into client support,
>> but the presence of the client module depends on the user's kernel
>> configuration. Without selected clients, no client module will be
>> build.
>>
>> Thomas Zimmermann (5):
>>    drm/i915: Select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
>>    drm/xe: Select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
>
> BTW, we are using drm_client in amdgpu, as well: 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11/source/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c#L155

Right. Patch 5 selects DRM_CLIENT in the driver's Kconfig item. This 
will prove the plain drm_client code without any of the shared 
implementations (fbdev, log, etc). Unless the user enabled such an 
implementation, of course.

I've tried several combinations of =y and =m settings of these options 
and found this to be working well.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Regards,
>   Felix
>
>
>>    drm: Move client-device functions in to drm_client_dev.c
>>    drm: Select fbdev helpers for modules that require them
>>    drm: Add client-lib module
>>
>>   Documentation/gpu/drm-client.rst   |   3 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig            |  34 +++++--
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile           |  20 +++--
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig |   1 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c       | 122 +------------------------
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_dev.c   | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c |   2 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c         |   2 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c  |   2 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c          |   2 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig       |   1 +
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig         |   1 +
>>   12 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_dev.c
>>

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