This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
drm: Fix TODO list mentioning non-KMS drivers
to the 6.7-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
drm-fix-todo-list-mentioning-non-kms-drivers.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 9cf5ca1f485cae406968947a92bf304603999fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:09:31 +0100
Subject: drm: Fix TODO list mentioning non-KMS drivers
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
commit 9cf5ca1f485cae406968947a92bf304603999fa1 upstream.
Non-KMS drivers have been removed from DRM. Update the TODO list
accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: a276afc19eec ("drm: Remove some obsolete drm pciids(tdfx, mga, i810, savage, r128, sis, via)")
Cc: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.3+
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20231122122449.11588-3-tzimmermann@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ connector register/unregister fixes
Level: Intermediate
-Remove load/unload callbacks from all non-DRIVER_LEGACY drivers
----------------------------------------------------------------
+Remove load/unload callbacks
+----------------------------
The load/unload callbacks in struct &drm_driver are very much midlayers, plus
for historical reasons they get the ordering wrong (and we can't fix that)
@@ -347,8 +347,7 @@ between setting up the &drm_driver struc
- Rework drivers to no longer use the load/unload callbacks, directly coding the
load/unload sequence into the driver's probe function.
-- Once all non-DRIVER_LEGACY drivers are converted, disallow the load/unload
- callbacks for all modern drivers.
+- Once all drivers are converted, remove the load/unload callbacks.
Contact: Daniel Vetter
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tzimmermann@xxxxxxx are
queue-6.7/sh-ecovec24-rename-missed-backlight-field-from-fbdev.patch
queue-6.7/drm-disable-the-cursor-plane-on-atomic-contexts-with-virtualized-drivers.patch
queue-6.7/drm-fix-todo-list-mentioning-non-kms-drivers.patch
queue-6.7/revert-drivers-firmware-move-sysfb_init-from-device_initcall-to-subsys_initcall_sync.patch
queue-6.7/drm-allow-drivers-to-indicate-the-damage-helpers-to-ignore-damage-clips.patch
queue-6.7/drm-virtio-disable-damage-clipping-if-fb-changed-since-last-page-flip.patch
