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From: Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>
To: "Joel Stanley" <joel@jms.id.au>,
	"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	"Maxime Ripard" <mripard@kernel.org>,
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	Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 12/12] Documentation: Update the todo
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:20:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250225-memory-drm-misc-next-v1-12-9d0e8761107a@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250225-memory-drm-misc-next-v1-0-9d0e8761107a@redhat.com>

Update the Documentation to be more precise.

v2: Update for clarity
v3: Further details in Todo

Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index 256d0d1cb2164bd94f9b610a751b907834d96a21..c57777a24e03d91b1ffe04365f7356f2d938befd 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -441,14 +441,15 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
 
 Level: Intermediate
 
-Request memory regions in all drivers
--------------------------------------
+Request memory regions in all fbdev drivers
+--------------------------------------------
 
-Go through all drivers and add code to request the memory regions that the
-driver uses. This requires adding calls to request_mem_region(),
+Old/ancient fbdev drivers do not request their memory properly.
+Go through these drivers and add code to request the memory regions
+that the driver uses. This requires adding calls to request_mem_region(),
 pci_request_region() or similar functions. Use helpers for managed cleanup
-where possible.
-
+where possible. Problematic areas include hardware that has exclusive ranges
+like VGA. VGA16fb does not request the range as it is expected.
 Drivers are pretty bad at doing this and there used to be conflicts among
 DRM and fbdev drivers. Still, it's the correct thing to do.
 

-- 
2.48.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-02-25 22:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-25 22:20 [PATCH RESEND 00/12] drm: Move to using devm_platform_ioremap_resource Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 01/12] drm/aspeed: move to devm_platform_ioremap_resource() usage Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26 14:47   ` (subset) " Maxime Ripard
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 02/12] drm/fsl-dcu: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 03/12] drm/hisilicon: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 04/12] drm/mediatek: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26 12:39   ` AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
2025-02-26 14:47   ` (subset) " Maxime Ripard
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 05/12] drm/mxsfb: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 06/12] drm/sprd: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-27  1:52   ` Chunyan Zhang
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 07/12] drm/sti: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26  9:06   ` Raphael Gallais-Pou
     [not found]     ` <CAN9Xe3Q8=_Tz51i6gxNM6445p-rhNiK7B5Ljcga8g_Nn676dCQ@mail.gmail.com>
2025-03-04  8:04       ` Maxime Ripard
2025-03-05  8:47       ` Raphael Gallais-Pou
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 08/12] drm/stm: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26 14:47   ` (subset) " Maxime Ripard
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 09/12] drm/tegra: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 10/12] drm/tiny: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26 14:47   ` (subset) " Maxime Ripard
2025-02-25 22:20 ` [PATCH RESEND 11/12] drm/vc4: " Anusha Srivatsa
2025-02-26 14:47   ` (subset) " Maxime Ripard
2025-02-25 22:20 ` Anusha Srivatsa [this message]
2025-02-26 10:21   ` [PATCH RESEND 12/12] Documentation: Update the todo Thomas Zimmermann

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