Re: [PATCH] drm/omap: use omapdss low level API

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 06:00:58PM -0600, Rob Clark wrote:
> This patch changes the omapdrm KMS to bypass the omapdss "compat"
> layer and use the core omapdss API directly.  This solves some layering
> issues that would cause unpin confusion vs GO bit status, because we
> would not know whether a particular pageflip or overlay update has hit
> the screen or not.  Now instead we explicitly manage the GO bits in
> dispc and handle the vblank/framedone interrupts ourself so that we
> always know which buffers are being scanned out at any given time, and
> so on.
> 
> As an added bonus, we no longer leave the last overlay buffer pinned
> when the display is disabled, and have been able to add the previously
> missing vblank event handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
> ---
> Note: this patch applies on top of staging-next plus the "OMAPDSS:
> create compat layer" patch series:
> 
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.omap/89435

Hm, I can't take that patch set in staging-next, so how should this go
in?

thanks,

greg k-h