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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@arm.com>
> ---
>  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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[RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 10/11] drm: mali-dp: Add support for writeback on DP550/DP650 Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 09/11] drm: mali-dp: Add RGB writeback formats for DP550/DP650 Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 02/11] drm/fb-helper: Skip writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] drm/fb-helper: Skip writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 17:50 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] drm/fb-helper: Skip writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 18:50 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] drm/fb-helper: Skip writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 19:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 05/11] drm: Add fb to connector state Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 01/11] drm: Add writeback connector type Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 04/11] drm: Add __drm_framebuffer_remove_atomic Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 04/11] drm: Add __drm_framebuffer_remove_atomic Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 18:10 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 08/11] drm: mali-dp: Rename malidp_input_format Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 11/11] drm: mali-dp: Add writeback connector Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 17:00 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 17:50 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 19:00 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 19:10 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 21:50 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 22:10 +0200
            Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-11 23:30 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-12 09:00 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-11 18:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-11 18:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> - 2016-10-11 21:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11] Introduce writeback connectors Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2016-10-12 09:40 +0200

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