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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-11 18:12:22 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-11 18:12:22 -0700 |
commit | 6b25e21fa6f26d0f0d45f161d169029411c84286 (patch) | |
tree | fdff805ecd81ec46951f49577efe450ddb7d060a /Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst | |
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parent | 69405d3da98b48633b78a49403e4f9cdb7c6a0f5 (diff) | |
download | linux-rt-6b25e21fa6f26d0f0d45f161d169029411c84286.tar.gz |
Merge tag 'drm-for-v4.9' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
Pull drm updates from Dave Airlie:
"Core:
- Fence destaging work
- DRIVER_LEGACY to split off legacy drm drivers
- drm_mm refactoring
- Splitting drm_crtc.c into chunks and documenting better
- Display info fixes
- rbtree support for prime buffer lookup
- Simple VGA DAC driver
Panel:
- Add Nexus 7 panel
- More simple panels
i915:
- Refactoring GEM naming
- Refactored vma/active tracking
- Lockless request lookups
- Better stolen memory support
- FBC fixes
- SKL watermark fixes
- VGPU improvements
- dma-buf fencing support
- Better DP dongle support
amdgpu:
- Powerplay for Iceland asics
- Improved GPU reset support
- UVD/VEC powergating support for CZ/ST
- Preinitialised VRAM buffer support
- Virtual display support
- Initial SI support
- GTT rework
- PCI shutdown callback support
- HPD IRQ storm fixes
amdkfd:
- bugfixes
tilcdc:
- Atomic modesetting support
mediatek:
- AAL + GAMMA engine support
- Hook up gamma LUT
- Temporal dithering support
imx:
- Pixel clock from devicetree
- drm bridge support for LVDS bridges
- active plane reconfiguration
- VDIC deinterlacer support
- Frame synchronisation unit support
- Color space conversion support
analogix:
- PSR support
- Better panel on/off support
rockchip:
- rk3399 vop/crtc support
- PSR support
vc4:
- Interlaced vblank timing
- 3D rendering CPU overhead reduction
- HDMI output fixes
tda998x:
- HDMI audio ASoC support
sunxi:
- Allwinner A33 support
- better TCON support
msm:
- DT binding cleanups
- Explicit fence-fd support
sti:
- remove sti415/416 support
etnaviv:
- MMUv2 refactoring
- GC3000 support
exynos:
- Refactoring HDMI DCC/PHY
- G2D pm regression fix
- Page fault issues with wait for vblank
There is no nouveau work in this tree, as Ben didn't get a pull
request in, and he was fighting moving to atomic and adding mst
support, so maybe best it waits for a cycle"
* tag 'drm-for-v4.9' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux: (1412 commits)
drm/crtc: constify drm_crtc_index parameter
drm/i915: Fix conflict resolution from backmerge of v4.8-rc8 to drm-next
drm/i915/guc: Unwind GuC workqueue reservation if request construction fails
drm/i915: Reset the breadcrumbs IRQ more carefully
drm/i915: Force relocations via cpu if we run out of idle aperture
drm/i915: Distinguish last emitted request from last submitted request
drm/i915: Allow DP to work w/o EDID
drm/i915: Move long hpd handling into the hotplug work
drm/i915/execlists: Reinitialise context image after GPU hang
drm/i915: Use correct index for backtracking HUNG semaphores
drm/i915: Unalias obj->phys_handle and obj->userptr
drm/i915: Just clear the mmiodebug before a register access
drm/i915/gen9: only add the planes actually affected by ddb changes
drm/i915: Allow PCH DPLL sharing regardless of DPLL_SDVO_HIGH_SPEED
drm/i915/bxt: Fix HDMI DPLL configuration
drm/i915/gen9: fix the watermark res_blocks value
drm/i915/gen9: fix plane_blocks_per_line on watermarks calculations
drm/i915/gen9: minimum scanlines for Y tile is not always 4
drm/i915/gen9: fix the WaWmMemoryReadLatency implementation
drm/i915/kbl: KBL also needs to run the SAGV code
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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst index 8dfa4b214b96..53b872c105d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) ========================= -Mode Setting -============ - Drivers must initialize the mode setting core by calling :c:func:`drm_mode_config_init()` on the DRM device. The function initializes the :c:type:`struct drm_device <drm_device>` @@ -18,60 +15,59 @@ be setup by initializing the following fields. - struct drm_mode_config_funcs \*funcs; Mode setting functions. -Display Modes Function Reference --------------------------------- +Modeset Base Object Abstraction +=============================== -.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_modes.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_mode_object.h :internal: -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_object.c + :export: + +KMS Data Structures +=================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_crtc.h + :internal: + +KMS API Functions +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c :export: Atomic Mode Setting Function Reference --------------------------------------- +====================================== .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c :export: -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_atomic.h :internal: Frame Buffer Abstraction ------------------------- - -Frame buffers are abstract memory objects that provide a source of -pixels to scanout to a CRTC. Applications explicitly request the -creation of frame buffers through the DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB(2) ioctls -and receive an opaque handle that can be passed to the KMS CRTC control, -plane configuration and page flip functions. - -Frame buffers rely on the underneath memory manager for low-level memory -operations. When creating a frame buffer applications pass a memory -handle (or a list of memory handles for multi-planar formats) through -the ``drm_mode_fb_cmd2`` argument. For drivers using GEM as their -userspace buffer management interface this would be a GEM handle. -Drivers are however free to use their own backing storage object -handles, e.g. vmwgfx directly exposes special TTM handles to userspace -and so expects TTM handles in the create ioctl and not GEM handles. - -The lifetime of a drm framebuffer is controlled with a reference count, -drivers can grab additional references with -:c:func:`drm_framebuffer_reference()`and drop them again with -:c:func:`drm_framebuffer_unreference()`. For driver-private -framebuffers for which the last reference is never dropped (e.g. for the -fbdev framebuffer when the struct :c:type:`struct drm_framebuffer -<drm_framebuffer>` is embedded into the fbdev helper struct) -drivers can manually clean up a framebuffer at module unload time with -:c:func:`drm_framebuffer_unregister_private()`. +======================== + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c + :doc: overview + +Frame Buffer Functions Reference +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_framebuffer.h + :internal: DRM Format Handling -------------------- +=================== .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c :export: Dumb Buffer Objects -------------------- +=================== The KMS API doesn't standardize backing storage object creation and leaves it to driver-specific ioctls. Furthermore actually creating a @@ -114,14 +110,59 @@ Note that dumb objects may not be used for gpu acceleration, as has been attempted on some ARM embedded platforms. Such drivers really must have a hardware-specific ioctl to allocate suitable buffer objects. -Output Polling --------------- +Plane Abstraction +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c + :doc: overview + +Plane Functions Reference +------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_plane.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c + :export: + +Display Modes Function Reference +================================ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_modes.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c + :export: -void (\*output_poll_changed)(struct drm_device \*dev); -This operation notifies the driver that the status of one or more -connectors has changed. Drivers that use the fb helper can just call the -:c:func:`drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event()` function to handle this -operation. +Connector Abstraction +===================== + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c + :doc: overview + +Connector Functions Reference +----------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_connector.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c + :export: + +Encoder Abstraction +=================== + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c + :doc: overview + +Encoder Functions Reference +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_encoder.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c + :export: KMS Initialization and Cleanup ============================== @@ -151,250 +192,6 @@ allocated and zeroed by the driver, possibly as part of a larger structure, and registered with a call to :c:func:`drm_crtc_init()` with a pointer to CRTC functions. -Planes (:c:type:`struct drm_plane <drm_plane>`) ------------------------------------------------ - -A plane represents an image source that can be blended with or overlayed -on top of a CRTC during the scanout process. Planes are associated with -a frame buffer to crop a portion of the image memory (source) and -optionally scale it to a destination size. The result is then blended -with or overlayed on top of a CRTC. - -The DRM core recognizes three types of planes: - -- DRM_PLANE_TYPE_PRIMARY represents a "main" plane for a CRTC. - Primary planes are the planes operated upon by CRTC modesetting and - flipping operations described in the page_flip hook in - :c:type:`struct drm_crtc_funcs <drm_crtc_funcs>`. -- DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR represents a "cursor" plane for a CRTC. - Cursor planes are the planes operated upon by the - DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CURSOR and DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CURSOR2 ioctls. -- DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY represents all non-primary, non-cursor - planes. Some drivers refer to these types of planes as "sprites" - internally. - -For compatibility with legacy userspace, only overlay planes are made -available to userspace by default. Userspace clients may set the -DRM_CLIENT_CAP_UNIVERSAL_PLANES client capability bit to indicate -that they wish to receive a universal plane list containing all plane -types. - -Plane Initialization -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -To create a plane, a KMS drivers allocates and zeroes an instances of -:c:type:`struct drm_plane <drm_plane>` (possibly as part of a -larger structure) and registers it with a call to -:c:func:`drm_universal_plane_init()`. The function takes a -bitmask of the CRTCs that can be associated with the plane, a pointer to -the plane functions, a list of format supported formats, and the type of -plane (primary, cursor, or overlay) being initialized. - -Cursor and overlay planes are optional. All drivers should provide one -primary plane per CRTC (although this requirement may change in the -future); drivers that do not wish to provide special handling for -primary planes may make use of the helper functions described in ? to -create and register a primary plane with standard capabilities. - -Encoders (:c:type:`struct drm_encoder <drm_encoder>`) ------------------------------------------------------ - -An encoder takes pixel data from a CRTC and converts it to a format -suitable for any attached connectors. On some devices, it may be -possible to have a CRTC send data to more than one encoder. In that -case, both encoders would receive data from the same scanout buffer, -resulting in a "cloned" display configuration across the connectors -attached to each encoder. - -Encoder Initialization -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -As for CRTCs, a KMS driver must create, initialize and register at least -one :c:type:`struct drm_encoder <drm_encoder>` instance. The -instance is allocated and zeroed by the driver, possibly as part of a -larger structure. - -Drivers must initialize the :c:type:`struct drm_encoder -<drm_encoder>` possible_crtcs and possible_clones fields before -registering the encoder. Both fields are bitmasks of respectively the -CRTCs that the encoder can be connected to, and sibling encoders -candidate for cloning. - -After being initialized, the encoder must be registered with a call to -:c:func:`drm_encoder_init()`. The function takes a pointer to the -encoder functions and an encoder type. Supported types are - -- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_DAC for VGA and analog on DVI-I/DVI-A -- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_TMDS for DVI, HDMI and (embedded) DisplayPort -- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_LVDS for display panels -- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_TVDAC for TV output (Composite, S-Video, - Component, SCART) -- DRM_MODE_ENCODER_VIRTUAL for virtual machine displays - -Encoders must be attached to a CRTC to be used. DRM drivers leave -encoders unattached at initialization time. Applications (or the fbdev -compatibility layer when implemented) are responsible for attaching the -encoders they want to use to a CRTC. - -Connectors (:c:type:`struct drm_connector <drm_connector>`) ------------------------------------------------------------ - -A connector is the final destination for pixel data on a device, and -usually connects directly to an external display device like a monitor -or laptop panel. A connector can only be attached to one encoder at a -time. The connector is also the structure where information about the -attached display is kept, so it contains fields for display data, EDID -data, DPMS & connection status, and information about modes supported on -the attached displays. - -Connector Initialization -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Finally a KMS driver must create, initialize, register and attach at -least one :c:type:`struct drm_connector <drm_connector>` -instance. The instance is created as other KMS objects and initialized -by setting the following fields. - -interlace_allowed - Whether the connector can handle interlaced modes. - -doublescan_allowed - Whether the connector can handle doublescan. - -display_info - Display information is filled from EDID information when a display - is detected. For non hot-pluggable displays such as flat panels in - embedded systems, the driver should initialize the - display_info.width_mm and display_info.height_mm fields with the - physical size of the display. - -polled - Connector polling mode, a combination of - - DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD - The connector generates hotplug events and doesn't need to be - periodically polled. The CONNECT and DISCONNECT flags must not - be set together with the HPD flag. - - DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_CONNECT - Periodically poll the connector for connection. - - DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_DISCONNECT - Periodically poll the connector for disconnection. - - Set to 0 for connectors that don't support connection status - discovery. - -The connector is then registered with a call to -:c:func:`drm_connector_init()` with a pointer to the connector -functions and a connector type, and exposed through sysfs with a call to -:c:func:`drm_connector_register()`. - -Supported connector types are - -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VGA -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DVII -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DVID -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DVIA -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Composite -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_SVIDEO -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Component -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_9PinDIN -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DisplayPort -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_HDMIA -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_HDMIB -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_TV -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP -- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL - -Connectors must be attached to an encoder to be used. For devices that -map connectors to encoders 1:1, the connector should be attached at -initialization time with a call to -:c:func:`drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder()`. The driver must -also set the :c:type:`struct drm_connector <drm_connector>` -encoder field to point to the attached encoder. - -Finally, drivers must initialize the connectors state change detection -with a call to :c:func:`drm_kms_helper_poll_init()`. If at least -one connector is pollable but can't generate hotplug interrupts -(indicated by the DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_CONNECT and -DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_DISCONNECT connector flags), a delayed work will -automatically be queued to periodically poll for changes. Connectors -that can generate hotplug interrupts must be marked with the -DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD flag instead, and their interrupt handler must -call :c:func:`drm_helper_hpd_irq_event()`. The function will -queue a delayed work to check the state of all connectors, but no -periodic polling will be done. - -Connector Operations -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - **Note** - - Unless otherwise state, all operations are mandatory. - -DPMS -'''' - -void (\*dpms)(struct drm_connector \*connector, int mode); -The DPMS operation sets the power state of a connector. The mode -argument is one of - -- DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON - -- DRM_MODE_DPMS_STANDBY - -- DRM_MODE_DPMS_SUSPEND - -- DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF - -In all but DPMS_ON mode the encoder to which the connector is attached -should put the display in low-power mode by driving its signals -appropriately. If more than one connector is attached to the encoder -care should be taken not to change the power state of other displays as -a side effect. Low-power mode should be propagated to the encoders and -CRTCs when all related connectors are put in low-power mode. - -Modes -''''' - -int (\*fill_modes)(struct drm_connector \*connector, uint32_t -max_width, uint32_t max_height); -Fill the mode list with all supported modes for the connector. If the -``max_width`` and ``max_height`` arguments are non-zero, the -implementation must ignore all modes wider than ``max_width`` or higher -than ``max_height``. - -The connector must also fill in this operation its display_info -width_mm and height_mm fields with the connected display physical size -in millimeters. The fields should be set to 0 if the value isn't known -or is not applicable (for instance for projector devices). - -Connection Status -''''''''''''''''' - -The connection status is updated through polling or hotplug events when -supported (see ?). The status value is reported to userspace through -ioctls and must not be used inside the driver, as it only gets -initialized by a call to :c:func:`drm_mode_getconnector()` from -userspace. - -enum drm_connector_status (\*detect)(struct drm_connector -\*connector, bool force); -Check to see if anything is attached to the connector. The ``force`` -parameter is set to false whilst polling or to true when checking the -connector due to user request. ``force`` can be used by the driver to -avoid expensive, destructive operations during automated probing. - -Return connector_status_connected if something is connected to the -connector, connector_status_disconnected if nothing is connected and -connector_status_unknown if the connection state isn't known. - -Drivers should only return connector_status_connected if the -connection status has really been probed as connected. Connectors that -can't detect the connection status, or failed connection status probes, -should return connector_status_unknown. Cleanup ------- @@ -463,20 +260,8 @@ created for fetching EDID data and performing monitor detection. Once the process is complete, the new connector is registered with sysfs to make its properties available to applications. -KMS API Functions ------------------ - -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c - :export: - -KMS Data Structures -------------------- - -.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_crtc.h - :internal: - KMS Locking ------------ +=========== .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c :doc: kms locking @@ -490,90 +275,38 @@ KMS Locking KMS Properties ============== -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. - -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. - -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 property and shared between all instances of the property. - -Every property is created with a type that influences how the KMS core -handles the property. Supported property types are - -DRM_MODE_PROP_RANGE - Range properties report their minimum and maximum admissible values. - The KMS core verifies that values set by application fit in that - range. - -DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM - 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. - -DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK - 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. - -DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB - 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. - - Blob properties are only used for the connector EDID property and - cannot be created by drivers. - -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. - -- struct drm_property \*drm_property_create_range(struct - drm_device \*dev, int flags, const char \*name, uint64_t min, - uint64_t max); - Create a range property with the given minimum and maximum values. - -- 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); - Create an enumerated property. The ``props`` argument points to an - array of ``num_values`` value-name pairs. - -- 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); - Create a bitmask property. The ``props`` argument points to an array - of ``num_values`` value-name pairs. - -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. - -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 :c:func:`drm_property_create()` function and -manually add enumeration value-name pairs by calling the -:c:func:`drm_property_add_enum()` function. Care must be taken to -properly specify the property type through the ``flags`` argument. - -After creating properties drivers can attach property instances to CRTC, -connector and plane objects by calling the -:c:func:`drm_object_attach_property()`. The function takes a -pointer to the target object, a pointer to the previously created -property and an initial instance value. +Property Types and Blob Property Support +---------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c + :doc: overview + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_property.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c + :export: + +Plane Composition Properties +---------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c + :doc: overview + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c + :export: + +Color Management Properties +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_color_mgmt.c + :doc: overview + +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_color_mgmt.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_color_mgmt.c + :export: Existing KMS Properties ----------------------- |