[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 04/21] drm/amdgpu: Don't set struct drm_driver.output_poll_changed

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Mon Oct 31 12:08:16 UTC 2022


On 10/24/22 13:19, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Don't set struct drm_driver.output_poll_changed. It's used to restore
> the fbdev console. But as amdgpu uses generic fbdev emulation, the
> console is being restored by the DRM client helpers already. See the
> functions drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event() and
> drm_kms_helper_connector_hotplug_event() in drm_probe_helper.c.
> 
> v2:
> 	* fix commit description (Christian)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

Do you think that the fbdev helpers kernel doc has to be updated to mention
that drm_fb_helper_lastclose() and drm_fb_helper_output_poll_changed() are
not needed when generic fbdev emulation is used? Because by reading that is
not clear that's the case:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c#L86

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat



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