Great, thank you!
Am Do., 11. Jan. 2024 um 19:05 Uhr schrieb André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx>:
Em 11/01/2024 14:59, Xaver Hugl escreveu:
> Am Do., 11. Jan. 2024 um 18:13 Uhr schrieb Simon Ser
> <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:contact@xxxxxxxxxxx>>:
>
> Are we sure that all drivers handle these two props properly with async
> page-flips? This is a new codepath not taken by the legacy uAPI.
>
> I've only tested on amdgpu so far. Afacs the other drivers that would need
> testing / that support atomic and async pageflips are
> - i915
> - noueveau (though atomic is disabled by default, so maybe it doesn't
> matter?)
> - vc4
> - atmel-hlcdc
>
> The first two I can test, the latter I don't have the hardware for. I
> don't know if I can
> extensively test fb_damage_clips either / how I'd even know if it's
> being applied
> correctly, but in the worst case I'd expect the driver to not do the
> optimizations the
> property allows.
>
> As an alternative to this, would it be okay to expose a driver hook for
> optional
> driver-specific checks that drm_atomic_set_property can delegate to, and
> only
> allow this with the properties and hardware that's been tested? Then more
> properties (like cursor position changes on amdgpu) could be easily
> added later
> on too.
I'm working on some mechanism to allow overlay planes on amdgpu, and I
think I can add your needs to it. I'll share in the mailing list when I
have something more concrete.
