[PATCH v3 0/3] Split default display handling out from VGA arbiter
Daniel Vetter
daniel at ffwll.ch
Mon Sep 25 21:50:47 PDT 2017
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The merge window is well over by now - is there anything else I can do
> to get this series to a mergeable state? I'm not particularly across the
> rules for drm-misc, so please let me know if there are things I need to
> be doing.
drm-misc is always open for feature merging, but the patch series
lacks full r-b by someone with clue on this stuff (i.e. probably not
me). Pls find someone who can do the in-depth review. Just an Ack
feels a bit thin.
-Daniel
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net> writes:
>
>> This patch set:
>>
>> - splits the default display handling out from VGA arbiter, into its
>> own file and behind its own Kconfig option (and gives the functions
>> better names).
>>
>> - adds extra detection of default devices. To be nominated, the vga
>> arbiter and platform hooks must not have nominated a default. A
>> card will then only be nominated if it has a driver attached and
>> has IO or memory decoding enabled.
>>
>> - adds relevant documentation.
>>
>> The practical impact of this is improved X autoconfiguration on some
>> arm64 systems.
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>>
>> - Add documentation - thanks Daniel Vetter for pointing it out.
>>
>> - Clarify explanations. Thanks to everyone for continuing to bear
>> with my incomplete understanding of PCI and provide some clarity.
>>
>> - Split refactoring and adding functionality.
>>
>> Changes in v2: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg64007.html
>>
>> Drop all the powerpc patches. [explanation snipped]
>>
>> v1: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg63581.html
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel
>>
>> Daniel Axtens (3):
>> drm: split default display handler out of VGA arbiter
>> drm: add fallback default device detection
>> drm: documentation for default display device
>>
>> Documentation/gpu/default_display.rst | 93 +++++++++++++++++++
>> Documentation/gpu/index.rst | 1 +
>> arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c | 6 +-
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c | 6 +-
>> arch/x86/pci/fixup.c | 6 +-
>> arch/x86/video/fbdev.c | 4 +-
>> drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig | 12 +++
>> drivers/gpu/vga/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/gpu/vga/default_display.c | 163 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c | 8 +-
>> drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c | 61 +++----------
>> drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 4 +-
>> include/linux/default_display.h | 44 +++++++++
>> include/linux/vgaarb.h | 15 ----
>> 14 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/default_display.rst
>> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/vga/default_display.c
>> create mode 100644 include/linux/default_display.h
>>
>> --
>> 2.11.0
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