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@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ</term><term>DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED</term>
<listitem><para>
- DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has an IRQ handler. The
- DRM core will automatically register an interrupt handler when the
- flag is set. DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp;
- handler support shared IRQs (note that this is required of PCI
- drivers).
+ DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has an IRQ handler
+ managed by the DRM Core. The core will support simple IRQ handler
+ installation when the flag is set. The installation process is
+ described in <xref linkend="drm-irq-registration"/>.</para>
+ <para>DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp; handler
+ support shared IRQs (note that this is required of PCI drivers).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -344,50 +345,71 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
The DRM core tries to facilitate IRQ handler registration and
unregistration by providing <function>drm_irq_install</function> and
<function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> functions. Those functions only
- support a single interrupt per device.
- </para>
- <!--!Fdrivers/char/drm/drm_irq.c drm_irq_install-->
- <para>
- Both functions get the device IRQ by calling
- <function>drm_dev_to_irq</function>. This inline function will call a
- bus-specific operation to retrieve the IRQ number. For platform devices,
- <function>platform_get_irq</function>(..., 0) is used to retrieve the
- IRQ number.
- </para>
- <para>
- <function>drm_irq_install</function> starts by calling the
- <methodname>irq_preinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- is optional and must make sure that the interrupt will not get fired by
- clearing all pending interrupt flags or disabling the interrupt.
- </para>
- <para>
- The IRQ will then be requested by a call to
- <function>request_irq</function>. If the DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED driver
- feature flag is set, a shared (IRQF_SHARED) IRQ handler will be
- requested.
- </para>
- <para>
- The IRQ handler function must be provided as the mandatory irq_handler
- driver operation. It will get passed directly to
- <function>request_irq</function> and thus has the same prototype as all
- IRQ handlers. It will get called with a pointer to the DRM device as the
- second argument.
- </para>
- <para>
- Finally the function calls the optional
- <methodname>irq_postinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- usually enables interrupts (excluding the vblank interrupt, which is
- enabled separately), but drivers may choose to enable/disable interrupts
- at a different time.
- </para>
- <para>
- <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> is similarly used to uninstall an
- IRQ handler. It starts by waking up all processes waiting on a vblank
- interrupt to make sure they don't hang, and then calls the optional
- <methodname>irq_uninstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
- must disable all hardware interrupts. Finally the function frees the IRQ
- by calling <function>free_irq</function>.
+ support a single interrupt per device, devices that use more than one
+ IRQs need to be handled manually.
</para>
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Managed IRQ Registration</title>
+ <para>
+ Both the <function>drm_irq_install</function> and
+ <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> functions get the device IRQ by
+ calling <function>drm_dev_to_irq</function>. This inline function will
+ call a bus-specific operation to retrieve the IRQ number. For platform
+ devices, <function>platform_get_irq</function>(..., 0) is used to
+ retrieve the IRQ number.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>drm_irq_install</function> starts by calling the
+ <methodname>irq_preinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ is optional and must make sure that the interrupt will not get fired by
+ clearing all pending interrupt flags or disabling the interrupt.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The IRQ will then be requested by a call to
+ <function>request_irq</function>. If the DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED driver
+ feature flag is set, a shared (IRQF_SHARED) IRQ handler will be
+ requested.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The IRQ handler function must be provided as the mandatory irq_handler
+ driver operation. It will get passed directly to
+ <function>request_irq</function> and thus has the same prototype as all
+ IRQ handlers. It will get called with a pointer to the DRM device as the
+ second argument.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Finally the function calls the optional
+ <methodname>irq_postinstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ usually enables interrupts (excluding the vblank interrupt, which is
+ enabled separately), but drivers may choose to enable/disable interrupts
+ at a different time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>drm_irq_uninstall</function> is similarly used to uninstall an
+ IRQ handler. It starts by waking up all processes waiting on a vblank
+ interrupt to make sure they don't hang, and then calls the optional
+ <methodname>irq_uninstall</methodname> driver operation. The operation
+ must disable all hardware interrupts. Finally the function frees the IRQ
+ by calling <function>free_irq</function>.
+ </para>
+ </sect4>
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Manual IRQ Registration</title>
+ <para>
+ Drivers that require multiple interrupt handlers can't use the managed
+ IRQ registration functions. In that case IRQs must be registered and
+ unregistered manually (usually with the <function>request_irq</function>
+ and <function>free_irq</function> functions, or their devm_* equivalent).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When manually registering IRQs, drivers must not set the DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ
+ driver feature flag, and must not provide the
+ <methodname>irq_handler</methodname> driver operation. They must set the
+ <structname>drm_device</structname> <structfield>irq_enabled</structfield>
+ field to 1 upon registration of the IRQs, and clear it to 0 after
+ unregistering the IRQs.
+ </para>
+ </sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Memory Manager Initialization</title>
@@ -434,7 +456,7 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
The DRM core includes two memory managers, namely Translation Table Maps
(TTM) and Graphics Execution Manager (GEM). TTM was the first DRM memory
manager to be developed and tried to be a one-size-fits-them all
- solution. It provides a single userspace API to accomodate the need of
+ solution. It provides a single userspace API to accommodate the need of
all hardware, supporting both Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) devices
and devices with dedicated video RAM (i.e. most discrete video cards).
This resulted in a large, complex piece of code that turned out to be
@@ -701,7 +723,7 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
<para>
Similar to global names, GEM file descriptors are also used to share GEM
objects across processes. They offer additional security: as file
- descriptors must be explictly sent over UNIX domain sockets to be shared
+ descriptors must be explicitly sent over UNIX domain sockets to be shared
between applications, they can't be guessed like the globally unique GEM
names.
</para>
@@ -1154,7 +1176,7 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
</para>
<para>
The <methodname>page_flip</methodname> operation schedules a page flip.
- Once any pending rendering targetting the new frame buffer has
+ Once any pending rendering targeting the new frame buffer has
completed, the CRTC will be reprogrammed to display that frame buffer
after the next vertical refresh. The operation must return immediately
without waiting for rendering or page flip to complete and must block
@@ -1214,6 +1236,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given CRTC property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<synopsis>void (*gamma_set)(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 *r, u16 *g, u16 *b,
uint32_t start, uint32_t size);</synopsis>
<para>
@@ -1363,6 +1394,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<xref linkend="drm-kms-init"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_plane *plane,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given plane property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -1572,6 +1612,15 @@ int max_width, max_height;</synopsis>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <synopsis>void (*set_property)(struct drm_connector *connector,
+ struct drm_property *property, uint64_t value);</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ Set the value of the given connector property to
+ <parameter>value</parameter>. See <xref linkend="drm-kms-properties"/>
+ for more information about properties.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<synopsis>void (*destroy)(struct drm_connector *connector);</synopsis>
<para>
Destroy the connector when not needed anymore. See
@@ -1846,10 +1895,6 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<synopsis>bool (*mode_fixup)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);</synopsis>
- <note><para>
- FIXME: The mode argument be const, but the i915 driver modifies
- mode-&gt;clock in <function>intel_dp_mode_fixup</function>.
- </para></note>
<para>
Let encoders adjust the requested mode or reject it completely. This
operation returns true if the mode is accepted (possibly after being
@@ -2161,6 +2206,128 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<title>EDID Helper Functions Reference</title>
!Edrivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Rectangle Utilities Reference</title>
+!Pinclude/drm/drm_rect.h rect utils
+!Iinclude/drm/drm_rect.h
+!Edrivers/gpu/drm/drm_rect.c
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- Internals: kms properties -->
+
+ <sect1 id="drm-kms-properties">
+ <title>KMS Properties</title>
+ <para>
+ Drivers may need to expose additional parameters to applications than
+ those described in the previous sections. KMS supports attaching
+ properties to CRTCs, connectors and planes and offers a userspace API to
+ list, get and set the property values.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Properties are identified by a name that uniquely defines the property
+ purpose, and store an associated value. For all property types except blob
+ properties the value is a 64-bit unsigned integer.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ KMS differentiates between properties and property instances. Drivers
+ first create properties and then create and associate individual instances
+ of those properties to objects. A property can be instantiated multiple
+ times and associated with different objects. Values are stored in property
+ instances, and all other property information are stored in the propery
+ and shared between all instances of the property.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Every property is created with a type that influences how the KMS core
+ handles the property. Supported property types are
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_RANGE</term>
+ <listitem><para>Range properties report their minimum and maximum
+ admissible values. The KMS core verifies that values set by
+ application fit in that range.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM</term>
+ <listitem><para>Enumerated properties take a numerical value that
+ ranges from 0 to the number of enumerated values defined by the
+ property minus one, and associate a free-formed string name to each
+ value. Applications can retrieve the list of defined value-name pairs
+ and use the numerical value to get and set property instance values.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK</term>
+ <listitem><para>Bitmask properties are enumeration properties that
+ additionally restrict all enumerated values to the 0..63 range.
+ Bitmask property instance values combine one or more of the
+ enumerated bits defined by the property.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB</term>
+ <listitem><para>Blob properties store a binary blob without any format
+ restriction. The binary blobs are created as KMS standalone objects,
+ and blob property instance values store the ID of their associated
+ blob object.</para>
+ <para>Blob properties are only used for the connector EDID property
+ and cannot be created by drivers.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To create a property drivers call one of the following functions depending
+ on the property type. All property creation functions take property flags
+ and name, as well as type-specific arguments.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_range(struct drm_device *dev, int flags,
+ const char *name,
+ uint64_t min, uint64_t max);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create a range property with the given minimum and maximum
+ values.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_enum(struct drm_device *dev, int flags,
+ const char *name,
+ const struct drm_prop_enum_list *props,
+ int num_values);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create an enumerated property. The <parameter>props</parameter>
+ argument points to an array of <parameter>num_values</parameter>
+ value-name pairs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <synopsis>struct drm_property *drm_property_create_bitmask(struct drm_device *dev,
+ int flags, const char *name,
+ const struct drm_prop_enum_list *props,
+ int num_values);</synopsis>
+ <para>Create a bitmask property. The <parameter>props</parameter>
+ argument points to an array of <parameter>num_values</parameter>
+ value-name pairs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Properties can additionally be created as immutable, in which case they
+ will be read-only for applications but can be modified by the driver. To
+ create an immutable property drivers must set the DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE
+ flag at property creation time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When no array of value-name pairs is readily available at property
+ creation time for enumerated or range properties, drivers can create
+ the property using the <function>drm_property_create</function> function
+ and manually add enumeration value-name pairs by calling the
+ <function>drm_property_add_enum</function> function. Care must be taken to
+ properly specify the property type through the <parameter>flags</parameter>
+ argument.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After creating properties drivers can attach property instances to CRTC,
+ connector and plane objects by calling the
+ <function>drm_object_attach_property</function>. The function takes a
+ pointer to the target object, a pointer to the previously created property
+ and an initial instance value.
+ </para>
</sect1>
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