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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c index d612133e2cf7..18565ec68451 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c @@ -85,12 +85,8 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(kernel_fb_helper_lock); * The fb helper functions are useful to provide an fbdev on top of a drm kernel * mode setting driver. They can be used mostly independently from the crtc * helper functions used by many drivers to implement the kernel mode setting - * interfaces. - * - * Drivers that support a dumb buffer with a virtual address and mmap support, - * should try out the generic fbdev emulation using drm_fbdev_generic_setup(). - * It will automatically set up deferred I/O if the driver requires a shadow - * buffer. + * interfaces. Drivers that use one of the shared memory managers, TTM, SHMEM, + * DMA, should instead use the corresponding fbdev emulation. * * Existing fbdev implementations should restore the fbdev console by using * drm_fb_helper_lastclose() as their &drm_driver.lastclose callback. @@ -126,9 +122,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(kernel_fb_helper_lock); * atomic context. If drm_fb_helper_deferred_io() is used as the deferred_io * callback it will also schedule dirty_work with the damage collected from the * mmap page writes. - * - * Deferred I/O is not compatible with SHMEM. Such drivers should request an - * fbdev shadow buffer and call drm_fbdev_generic_setup() instead. */ static void drm_fb_helper_restore_lut_atomic(struct drm_crtc *crtc) @@ -524,6 +517,9 @@ struct fb_info *drm_fb_helper_alloc_info(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper) if (!info) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + if (!drm_leak_fbdev_smem) + info->flags |= FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START; + ret = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0); if (ret) goto err_release; @@ -1860,9 +1856,6 @@ __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper) info = fb_helper->info; info->var.pixclock = 0; - if (!drm_leak_fbdev_smem) - info->flags |= FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START; - /* Need to drop locks to avoid recursive deadlock in * register_framebuffer. This is ok because the only thing left to do is * register the fbdev emulation instance in kernel_fb_helper_list. */ |