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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index ec81c20..ad93c3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl @@ -2861,12 +2861,12 @@ int num_ioctls;</synopsis> <term>DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL</term> <listitem> <para> - This should be called by application level drivers before and - after mode setting, since on many devices the vertical blank - counter is reset at that time. Internally, the DRM snapshots - the last vblank count when the ioctl is called with the - _DRM_PRE_MODESET command, so that the counter won't go backwards - (which is dealt with when _DRM_POST_MODESET is used). + This was only used for user-mode-settind drivers around + modesetting changes to allow the kernel to update the vblank + interrupt after mode setting, since on many devices the vertical + blank counter is reset to 0 at some point during modeset. Modern + drivers should not call this any more since with kernel mode + setting it is a no-op. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |
