On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > >> > Right now the virtual outputs are linked to drm_crtc. To apply any >> > changes I need to lookup the crtc to figure which virtual output should >> > be updated. > >> > So, setting active_only should make sure I have a valid crtc pointer on >> > plane updates, right? It probably also skips the disable + enable crtc >> > steps on commit? What happens when outputs are disabled? > >> Nah, I just misunderstood your patch. If it's all about finding the >> corresponding crtc, then you're all good. > > Yes, it's all about finding the crtc. > >> I thought there was some >> other reason (like the virtual hw getting upset about certain things). > > virtio wouldn't be upset. > > It's a pointless exercise though to first disable the output, just to > re-enable it the next moment with the new page-flipped framebuffer. So > I guess I should look at the active_only thing nevertheless. It's still possible that the plane can get disabled without it getting enabled. Userspace is allowed to do this. But since this suprises a lot of driver writers there's a special atomic_plane_disable hook you can use for the disable path. Instead of hand-rolling that check in your own code. >> btw can you pls drop an ack or r-b >> onto my virtio conversion? I already added your tested-by. > > Grr, mail is not in my dri-devel folder. Guess that is the <censored> > "avoid-duplicates" mailman option at work. > > Feel free to just add the r-b too. Or I'll send it for the next version > of the series. Added your r-b locally so it won't get lost on the next round. Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
