From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: lukas@wunner.de, jfalempe@redhat.com, alexander.deucher@amd.com,
christian.koenig@amd.com, airlied@gmail.com, simona@ffwll.ch,
maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com, mripard@kernel.org,
jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com,
rodrigo.vivi@intel.com, tursulin@ursulin.net, lyude@redhat.com,
dakr@kernel.org, deller@gmx.de
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] vga_switcheroo, drm: Push fbcon handling into DRM clients
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:03:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <778c33e1-8391-48d0-bef4-97298e06d43d@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709092215.168172-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>
gentle ping for a review from the DRM side
Am 09.07.26 um 11:15 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Vga_switcheroo currently invokes fb_switch_outputs() to inform fbcon
> about switching of the physical outputs among framebuffer devices. But
> new DRM clients to not use fbdev/fbcon and might require their own
> vga_switcheroo support. Let's strictly separate them from each other.
>
> Remove fbdev/fbcon from vga_switcheroo. Introduce a pre_switch callback
> for vga_switcheroo clients to do the fbcon update. Allows for removing
> all direct interactions between vga_switcheroo and fbdev/fbcon.
>
> There are only four drivers that support vga_switcheroo: amdgpu,
> radeon, i915 and nouveau. Update each of them with the new callback.
> When vga_switcheroo now invokes pre_switch, each DRM driver forwards
> to aquire_outputs and lets the DRM clients handle the new outputs.
>
> At the same time, push the fbcon update into DRM's client for fbdev
> emulation. Do this with the new DRM client callback acquire_outputs,
> so that other clients can have their own handling of vga_switcheroo.
>
> Also replace the existing reprobe hook with post_switch for symetry.
> For nouveau, this is merely a rename of the helper function. The other
> drivers dor not implement reprobe.
>
> Tested with radeon on a notebook with Radeon HD 4225 and HD 5430.
>
> v2:
> - implement all of pre_switch in a single commit to avoid possible
> deadlock in intermediate state (Sashiko)
> - fix erroneous docs (Sashiko)
>
> Thomas Zimmermann (7):
> drm/edid: Include <linux/fb.h>
> drm/client: Add acquire_outputs callback; implement for fbdev
> emulation
> vga_switcheroo: Add pre_switch callback to client ops
> vga_switcheroo: Add post_switch callback to client ops
> drm: Implement struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops.pre_switch
> drm: Implement vga_switcheroo_client_ops.post_switch
> vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c | 9 ++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c | 23 ++++++++----
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_event.c | 18 ++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_switcheroo.c | 11 +++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c | 28 +++++++++------
> drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 9 ++++-
> drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c | 41 +++++-----------------
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 8 -----
> include/drm/drm_client.h | 14 ++++++++
> include/drm/drm_client_event.h | 3 ++
> include/linux/vga_switcheroo.h | 29 ++++++++-------
> 12 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 88c6be63ac7e9238c7791977d3f496ce6623afe4
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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 9:15 [PATCH v2 0/7] vga_switcheroo, drm: Push fbcon handling into DRM clients Thomas Zimmermann
2026-07-09 9:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] drm/edid: Include <linux/fb.h> Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:23 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] drm/client: Add acquire_outputs callback; implement for fbdev emulation Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:24 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:15 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] vga_switcheroo: Add pre_switch callback to client ops Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:26 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:16 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] vga_switcheroo: Add post_switch " Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:27 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:16 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] drm: Implement struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops.pre_switch Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:27 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:16 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] drm: Implement vga_switcheroo_client_ops.post_switch Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:28 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 9:16 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-08 15:29 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-07-09 11:08 ` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for vga_switcheroo, drm: Push fbcon handling into DRM clients (rev2) Patchwork
2026-07-10 6:15 ` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure " Patchwork
2026-08-25 8:03 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
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