On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 09:46:05AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Nothing special, except the somewhat awkard split in probe helper
"awkward"
> callbacks between here and drm_crtc_funcs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> ---
> include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h | 106
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> index 66b78c14154e..22cc51b278fb 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> @@ -264,18 +264,114 @@ static inline void drm_encoder_helper_add(struct
> drm_encoder *encoder,
>
> /**
> * struct drm_connector_helper_funcs - helper operations for connectors
> - * @get_modes: get mode list for this connector
> - * @mode_valid: is this mode valid on the given connector? (optional)
> - * @best_encoder: return the preferred encoder for this connector
> - * @atomic_best_encoder: atomic version of @best_encoder
> *
> - * The helper operations are called by the mid-layer CRTC helper.
> + * These functions are used by the atomic and legacy modeset helpers and by
> the
> + * probe helpers.
> */
> struct drm_connector_helper_funcs {
> + /**
> + * @get_modes:
> + *
> + * This function should fill in all modes currently valid for the sink
> + * into the connector->probe_modes function. It should also update the
What's probe_modes? I've never heard of it. Did you mean ->fill_modes()?
Also it's strange to say "fill into the ... function". Perhaps "pass
into the ... function" instead?
> + * EDID property by calling drm_mode_connector_update_edid_property().
> + *
> + * The usual way to implement this is to cache the EDID retrieved in the
> + * probe callback somewhere in the driver-private connector structure.
> + * In this function drivers then parse the modes in the EDID and add it
"add them"?
> + * by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that driver a fixed
"drive"
> + * panel can also manually add specific modes using
> + * drm_mode_probed_add(). Finally drivers that support audio propably
"probably"
> + /**
> + * @mode_valid:
> + *
> + * Callback to validate a mode for a connector, irrespective of the
> + * specific display configuration.
> + *
> + * This callback is used by the probe helpers to filter the mode list
> + * (which is usually derived from the EDID data block from the sink).
> + * See e.g. drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes().
> + *
> + * NOTE:
> + *
> + * This only filters the mode list supplied to userspace in the
> + * GETCONNECOTR ioctl. Userspace is free to create modes of its own and
"GETCONNECTOR IOCTL"
> + * ask the kernel to use it. It this case the atomic helpers or legacy
"to use them"
> + * CRTC heleprs will not call this function. Drivers therefore must
"helpers"
> + * still fully validate any mode passed in in a modeset request.
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + *
> + * Either DRM_MODE_OK or one of the failure reasons in enum
The enum value is MODE_OK, without the DRM_ prefix.
Thierry
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