Add a TODO item about requesting memory regions for each driver. The current DRM drivers don't do this consistently. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index da138dd39883..1b2372ef4131 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -467,6 +467,21 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> Level: Intermediate +Request memory regions in all drivers +------------------------------------- + +Go through all drivers and add code to request the memory regions that the +driver uses. This requires adding calls to request_mem_region(), +pci_request_region() or similar functions. Use helpers for managed cleanup +where possible. + +Drivers are pretty bad at doing this and there used to be conflicts among +DRM and fbdev drivers. Still, it's the correct thing to do. + +Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> + +Level: Starter + Core refactorings ================= -- 2.34.1
