Hi, Daniel: On Thu, 2019-01-10 at 21:02 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 08:01:37PM +0100, Frank Wunderlich wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > > > > > Would be good to use the new generic fbdev emulation code here, for even > > > > less code. Or at least know why this isn't possible to use for mtk (and > > > > maybe address that in the core code). Hand-rolling fbdev code shouldn't be > > > > needed anymore. > > > > > > Back on the mailing list, no private replies please: > > > > i don't wanted to spam all people with dumb questions ;) > > There's no dumb questions, only insufficient documentation :-) > > > > For examples please grep for drm_fbdev_generic_setup(). There's also a > > > still in-flight series from Gerd Hoffmann to convert over bochs. That, > > > plus all the kerneldoc linked from there should get you started. > > > -Daniel > > > > this is one of google best founds if i search for drm_fbdev_generic_setup: > > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/19/305 > > > > not very helpful... > > > > so i tried kernel-doc > > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.html?highlight=drm_fbdev_generic_setup#c.drm_fbdev_generic_setup > > > > which is nice function-reference but i've found no generic workflow > > > > as the posted driver is "only" a driver ported from kernel 4.4 by Alexander, i don't know if this new framework can be used and which parts need to be changed. I only try to bring his code Mainline.... > > Maybe CK Hu can help here because driver is originally from him and he knows internals. Or maybe you can help here? > > > > i personally make my first steps as spare-time kernel-developer :) > > There's a ton of in-kernel users of that function already, I meant you can > use those to serve as examples ... If those + the kerneldoc aren't > good enough, then we need to improve them. > -Daniel I've tried with drm_fbdev_generic_setup() and it works fine with simple modification. The patch is --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include <drm/drm_atomic.h> #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h> #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h> +#include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h> #include <drm/drm_gem.h> #include <drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h> #include <drm/drm_of.h> @@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ static void mtk_drm_kms_deinit(struct drm_device *drm) .gem_prime_get_sg_table = mtk_gem_prime_get_sg_table, .gem_prime_import_sg_table = mtk_gem_prime_import_sg_table, .gem_prime_mmap = mtk_drm_gem_mmap_buf, + .gem_prime_vmap = mtk_drm_gem_prime_vmap, .ioctls = mtk_ioctls, .num_ioctls = ARRAY_SIZE(mtk_ioctls), .fops = &mtk_drm_fops, @@ -416,6 +418,8 @@ static int mtk_drm_bind(struct device *dev) if (ret < 0) goto err_deinit; + drm_fbdev_generic_setup(drm, 32); + return 0; But I implement .gem_prime_vmap with a workaround, --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_gem.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_gem.c @@ -280,3 +280,8 @@ int mtk_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, mtk_drm_gem_free_object(&mtk_gem->base); return ret; } + +void *mtk_drm_gem_prime_vmap(struct drm_gem_object *obj) +{ + return (void *)1; +} Current drm_fb_helper depends on drm_client to create fbdev. When drm_client create drm_client_buffer, it need to vmap to get kernel vaddr. But I think for fbdev, the vaddr is useless. Do you agree that I temporarily implement .gem_prime_vmap in such way? Regards, CK _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
