Re: [PATCH v3] drm/i915: split out display register macros to a separate file

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>]

On Wed, 04 Jun 2025, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> wrote:
> This is a scripted split of the display related register macros from
> i915_reg.h to display/intel_display_regs.h. As a starting point, move
> all the macros that are only used in display code (or GVT). If there are
> users in core i915 code or soc/, or no users anywhere, keep the macros
> in i915_reg.h. This is done in groups of macros separated by blank
> lines, moving the comments along with the groups.
>
> Some manually picked macro groups are kept/moved regardless of the
> heuristics above.
>
> This is obviously a very crude approach. It's not perfect. But there are
> 4.2k lines in i915_reg.h, and its refactoring has ground to a halt. This
> is the big hammer that splits the file to two, and enables further
> cleanup.

Note: This is already stale. Will need to be redone.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel