Re: [Intel-gfx] [RFC v2 01/22] drm: RFC for Plane Color Hardware Pipeline

Pekka Paalanen
2021-10-12T12:00:20Z

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:35:37 +0000
Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 12:30, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > is there a practise of landing proposal documents in the kernel? How
> > does that work, will a kernel tree carry the patch files?
> > Or should this document be worded like documentation for an accepted
> > feature, and then the patches either land or don't?
>
> Once everyone agrees, the RFC can land. I don't think a kernel tree is
> necessary. See:
>
> https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/gpu/rfc/index.html

Does this mean the RFC doc patch will land, but the code patches will
remain in the review cycles waiting for userspace proving vehicles?
Rather than e.g. committed as files that people would need to apply
themselves? Or how does one find the code patches corresponding to RFC
docs?

Thanks,
pq

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