Re: [PATCH 10/10] drm/i915: Add i915.nuclear_pageflip command line param to force atomic (v4)

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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 04:53:12PM -0800, Matt Roper wrote:
> We don't have full atomic modeset support yet, but the "nuclear
> pageflip" subset of functionality (i.e., plane operations only) should
> be ready.  Allow the user to force atomic on for debug purposes, or for
> fixed-purpose embedded devices that will only use atomic for plane
> updates.
> 
> The term 'nuclear' is used here instead of 'atomic' to make it clear
> that this doesn't allow full atomic modeset support, just a (very
> useful) subset of the atomic functionality.
> 
> We'll drop the kernel parameter and unconditionally enable atomic in a
> future patch once all of the necessary pieces are in.
> 
> v2:
>  - Use module_param_named_unsafe() (Daniel)
>  - Simplify comment on DRIVER_ATOMIC guard (Daniel)
> 
> v3:
>  - Make the parameter "nuclear_pageflip" rather than just "nuclear"
>    for clarity. (Ander)
> 
> v4:
>  - Make the internal variable "nuclear_pageflip" as well as the
>    command-line option. (Ander)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ander Conselvan de Oliveira <conselvan2@xxxxxxxxx>

Pulled in the entire series, thanks for patches&review.
-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c    | 8 ++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h    | 1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c | 5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> index 66c72bd..2a96656 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
> @@ -1637,6 +1637,14 @@ static int __init i915_init(void)
>  #endif
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * FIXME: Note that we're lying to the DRM core here so that we can get access
> +	 * to the atomic ioctl and the atomic properties.  Only plane operations on
> +	 * a single CRTC will actually work.
> +	 */
> +	if (i915.nuclear_pageflip)
> +		driver.driver_features |= DRIVER_ATOMIC;
> +
>  	return drm_pci_init(&driver, &i915_pci_driver);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index 0d67b17..6a808a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -2526,6 +2526,7 @@ struct i915_params {
>  	int use_mmio_flip;
>  	bool mmio_debug;
>  	bool verbose_state_checks;
> +	bool nuclear_pageflip;
>  };
>  extern struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> index 07252d8..44f2262 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly = {
>  	.use_mmio_flip = 0,
>  	.mmio_debug = 0,
>  	.verbose_state_checks = 1,
> +	.nuclear_pageflip = 0,
>  };
>  
>  module_param_named(modeset, i915.modeset, int, 0400);
> @@ -178,3 +179,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mmio_debug,
>  module_param_named(verbose_state_checks, i915.verbose_state_checks, bool, 0600);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose_state_checks,
>  	"Enable verbose logs (ie. WARN_ON()) in case of unexpected hw state conditions.");
> +
> +module_param_named_unsafe(nuclear_pageflip, i915.nuclear_pageflip, bool, 0600);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nuclear_pageflip,
> +		 "Force atomic modeset functionality; only planes work for now (default: false).");
> -- 
> 1.8.5.1
> 
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