[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v6 3/4] drm: Expand max DRM device number to full MINORBITS

[James Zhu]

I would like if these kernel patches are accepted by everyone, If yes, 
when they can be upstream.

I have a MR for libdrm to support drm nodes type up to 2^MINORBITS  
nodes which can work with these patches,

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/-/merge_requests/305

Thanks!

James

On 2023-08-08 09:55, Christian König wrote:
> Am 28.07.23 um 16:22 schrieb Simon Ser:
>> On Thursday, July 27th, 2023 at 14:01, Christian König 
>> <christian.koenig at amd.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> We do need patches to stop trying to infer the node type from the 
>>>> minor
>>>> in libdrm, though. Emil has suggested using sysfs, which we already do
>>>> in a few places in libdrm.
>>> That sounds like a really good idea to me as well.
>>>
>>> But what do we do with DRM_MAX_MINOR? Change it or keep it and say apps
>>> should use drmGetDevices2() like Emil suggested?
>> DRM_MAX_MINOR has been bumped to 64 now.
>>
>> With the new minor allocation scheme, DRM_MAX_MINOR is meaningless
>> because there is no "max minor per type" concept anymore: the minor no
>> longer contains the type.
>>
>> So I'd suggest leaving it as-is (so that old apps still continue to
>> work on systems with < 64 devices like they do today) and mark it as
>> deprecated.
>
> Sounds like a plan to me.
>
> Regards,
> Christian.