[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 10/10] drm/i915: Add i915.nuclear_pageflip command line param to force atomic (v3)

[Matt Roper]

We don't have full atomic modeset support yet, but the "nuclear
pageflip" subset of functionality (i.e., plane operations only) should
be ready.  Allow the user to force atomic on for debug purposes, or for
fixed-purpose embedded devices that will only use atomic for plane
updates.

The term 'nuclear' is used here instead of 'atomic' to make it clear
that this doesn't allow full atomic modeset support, just a (very
useful) subset of the atomic functionality.

We'll drop the kernel parameter and unconditionally enable atomic in a
future patch once all of the necessary pieces are in.

v2:
 - Use module_param_named_unsafe() (Daniel)
 - Simplify comment on DRIVER_ATOMIC guard (Daniel)

v3:
 - Make the parameter "nuclear_pageflip" rather than just "nuclear"
   for clarity. (Ander)

Signed-off-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c    | 8 ++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h    | 1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 66c72bd..9a86e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,14 @@ static int __init i915_init(void)
 #endif
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Note that we're lying to the DRM core here so that we can get access
+	 * to the atomic ioctl and the atomic properties.  Only plane operations on
+	 * a single CRTC will actually work.
+	 */
+	if (i915.nuclear)
+		driver.driver_features |= DRIVER_ATOMIC;
+
 	return drm_pci_init(&driver, &i915_pci_driver);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 0d67b17..ff3dca7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2526,6 +2526,7 @@ struct i915_params {
 	int use_mmio_flip;
 	bool mmio_debug;
 	bool verbose_state_checks;
+	bool nuclear;
 };
 extern struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index 07252d8..2bccaf9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly = {
 	.use_mmio_flip = 0,
 	.mmio_debug = 0,
 	.verbose_state_checks = 1,
+	.nuclear = 0,
 };
 
 module_param_named(modeset, i915.modeset, int, 0400);
@@ -178,3 +179,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mmio_debug,
 module_param_named(verbose_state_checks, i915.verbose_state_checks, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose_state_checks,
 	"Enable verbose logs (ie. WARN_ON()) in case of unexpected hw state conditions.");
+
+module_param_named_unsafe(nuclear_pageflip, i915.nuclear, bool, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nuclear_pageflip,
+		 "Force atomic modeset functionality; only planes work for now (default: false).");
-- 
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