Re: [PATCH v2] drm: document that user-space should avoid parsing EDIDs

2020-10-26 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:34:44 + Simon Ser wrote: > User-space should avoid parsing EDIDs for metadata already exposed via > other KMS interfaces and properties. For instance, user-space should not > try to extract a list of modes from the EDID: the kernel might mutate > the mode list (because

Re: [PATCH v2] drm: document that user-space should avoid parsing EDIDs

2020-10-22 Thread Brian Starkey
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:34:44AM +, Simon Ser wrote: > User-space should avoid parsing EDIDs for metadata already exposed via > other KMS interfaces and properties. For instance, user-space should not > try to extract a list of modes from the EDID: the kernel might mutate > the mode list (bec

[PATCH v2] drm: document that user-space should avoid parsing EDIDs

2020-10-22 Thread Simon Ser
User-space should avoid parsing EDIDs for metadata already exposed via other KMS interfaces and properties. For instance, user-space should not try to extract a list of modes from the EDID: the kernel might mutate the mode list (because of link capabilities or quirks for instance). Other metadata