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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index 717c4e7271b0..98b6ec45ef96 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -960,6 +960,11 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[] = {
* drm_connector_update_edid_property(), usually after having parsed
* the EDID using drm_add_edid_modes(). Userspace cannot change this
* property.
+ *
+ * User-space should not parse the EDID to obtain information exposed via
+ * other KMS properties (because the kernel might apply limits, quirks or
+ * fixups to the EDID). For instance, user-space should not try to parse
+ * mode lists from the EDID.
* DPMS:
* Legacy property for setting the power state of the connector. For atomic
* drivers this is only provided for backwards compatibility with existing
@@ -1427,7 +1432,8 @@ void drm_hdmi_avi_infoframe_content_type(struct hdmi_avi_infoframe *frame,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_hdmi_avi_infoframe_content_type);
/**
- * drm_mode_attach_tv_margin_properties - attach TV connector margin properties
+ * drm_connector_attach_tv_margin_properties - attach TV connector margin
+ * properties
* @connector: DRM connector
*
* Called by a driver when it needs to attach TV margin props to a connector.