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| author |   Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> | 2022-01-25 10:12:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> | 2022-01-27 09:21:14 +0100 |
| commit | bb7eb3b19f198b704feb13cc38067db4104961a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 0508a4c11246ae8e1dab081815456f6bb857aa46 /Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | |
| parent | fbdev/simplefb: Request memory region in driver (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-bb7eb3b19f198b704feb13cc38067db4104961a4.tar.xz linux-dev-bb7eb3b19f198b704feb13cc38067db4104961a4.zip | |
drm: Add TODO item for requesting memory regions
Add a TODO item about requesting memory regions for each driver. The
current DRM drivers don't do this consistently.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220125091222.21457-6-tzimmermann@suse.de
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gpu/todo.rst')
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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index da138dd39883..1b2372ef4131 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -467,6 +467,21 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Level: Intermediate +Request memory regions in all 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(), +pci_request_region() or similar functions. Use helpers for managed cleanup +where possible. + +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. + +Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> + +Level: Starter + Core refactorings ================= |