Hi Geert, Thank you for the patch. On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 11:11:34AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > The section about converting existing KMS drivers to atomic modesetting > mentions the existence of a conversion guide, but does not reference it. > While the guide is old and rusty, it still contains useful information, > so add a link to it. Also link to the LWN.net articles that give an > overview about the atomic mode setting design. > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst > index 68bdafa0284f55f6..51eb67f5268c5ec1 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst > @@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ 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 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 s/ / / Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > +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/ > + > Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers > > Level: Advanced -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
