Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/todo: Add atomic modesetting references

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Fri Jun 02 2023 - 09:32:35 EST


On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 11:11:34AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> -There is a conversion guide for atomic and all you need is a GPU for a
> +There is a conversion guide for atomic[1] and all you need is a GPU for a
> non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all
> -suitable).
> +suitable). The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2][3] at
> +LWN.net can also be helpful.
>
> As part of this drivers also need to convert to universal plane (which means
> exposing primary & cursor as proper plane objects). But that's much easier to
> do by directly using the new atomic helper driver callbacks.
>
> + - [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html
> + - [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/
> + - [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/
> +

Looks like footnotes better serve these links above:

---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index 51eb67f5268c5e..6ea92f48a2e21c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ converted over. Modern compositors like Wayland or Surfaceflinger on Android
really want an atomic modeset interface, so this is all about the bright
future.

-There is a conversion guide for atomic[1] and all you need is a GPU for a
+There is a conversion guide for atomic [1]_ and all you need is a GPU for a
non-converted driver (again virtual HW drivers for KVM are still all
-suitable). The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2][3] at
+suitable). The "Atomic mode setting design overview" series [2]_ [3]_ at
LWN.net can also be helpful.

As part of this drivers also need to convert to universal plane (which means
exposing primary & cursor as proper plane objects). But that's much easier to
do by directly using the new atomic helper driver callbacks.

- - [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html
- - [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/
- - [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/
+ .. [1] https://blog.ffwll.ch/2014/11/atomic-modeset-support-for-kms-drivers.html
+ .. [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/653071/
+ .. [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/653466/

Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers

Thanks.

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