Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] drm/fb-helper: Skip writeback connectors

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 03:53:59PM +0100, Brian Starkey wrote:
> Writeback connectors aren't much use to the fbdev helpers, as they won't
> show anything to the user. Skip them when looking for candidate output
> configurations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index 03414bd..dedf6e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -2016,6 +2016,10 @@ static int drm_pick_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  	if (modes[n] == NULL)
>  		return best_score;
>  
> +	/* Writeback connectors aren't much use for fbdev */
> +	if (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK)
> +		return best_score;

I think we could handle this by always marking writeback connectors as
disconnected. Userspace and fbdev emulation should then avoid them,
always.
-Daniel

> +
>  	crtcs = kzalloc(fb_helper->connector_count *
>  			sizeof(struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!crtcs)
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
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