On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 06:07:18PM +0100, Damien Lespiau wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 06:25:29PM +0300, ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Try to clarify the purpose of requested_mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > index 9d30909..2c9c96b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > @@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ struct intel_crtc_config {
> > #define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS (1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
> > unsigned long quirks;
> >
> > + /* User requested mode, only valid as a starting point to
> > + * compute adjusted_mode, except in the case of (S)DVO where
> > + * it's also for the output timings of the (S)DVO chip.
> > + * adjusted_mode will then correspond to the S(DVO) chip's
> > + * preferred input timings. */
>
> That looks quite weird, maybe we should introduce another mode for this, and
> only this, case?
I was thinking about it, but then decided that I don't care enough
about it to make another patch. Maybe if I ever manage to get some SDVO
cards I might care, or if we simply decide to kill requested_mode (ie.
we'd just rename it to sdvo_output_mode or something).
>
> FWIW, I've been recently reminded that:
>
> /*
> * This is the preferred style for multi-line
> * comments in the Linux kernel source code.
> * Please use it consistently.
> *
> * Description: A column of asterisks on the left side,
> * with beginning and ending almost-blank lines.
> */
>
> except in net/ and drivers/net/ where the style in this patch is used.
Yeah I tried it. But it looked funny since the other comments there
already used the wrong style. So you can blame Daniel or whoever wrote
the other comments ;)
--
Ville Syrjälä
Intel OTC
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