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1=========================
2Kernel Mode Setting (KMS)
3=========================
4
5Drivers must initialize the mode setting core by calling
6:c:func:`drm_mode_config_init()` on the DRM device. The function
7initializes the :c:type:`struct drm_device <drm_device>`
8mode_config field and never fails. Once done, mode configuration must
9be setup by initializing the following fields.
10
11-  int min_width, min_height; int max_width, max_height;
12   Minimum and maximum width and height of the frame buffers in pixel
13   units.
14
15-  struct drm_mode_config_funcs \*funcs;
16   Mode setting functions.
17
18Mode Configuration
19
20KMS Core Structures and Functions
21=================================
22
23.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
24   :export:
25
26.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
27   :internal:
28
29Modeset Base Object Abstraction
30===============================
31
32.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_mode_object.h
33   :internal:
34
35.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_object.c
36   :export:
37
38Atomic Mode Setting Function Reference
39======================================
40
41.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
42   :export:
43
44.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_atomic.h
45   :internal:
46
47CRTC Abstraction
48================
49
50.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
51   :export:
52
53.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_crtc.h
54   :internal:
55
56Frame Buffer Abstraction
57========================
58
59.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c
60   :doc: overview
61
62Frame Buffer Functions Reference
63--------------------------------
64
65.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c
66   :export:
67
68.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_framebuffer.h
69   :internal:
70
71DRM Format Handling
72===================
73
74.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_fourcc.h
75   :internal:
76
77.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
78   :export:
79
80Dumb Buffer Objects
81===================
82
83.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c
84   :doc: overview
85
86Plane Abstraction
87=================
88
89.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c
90   :doc: overview
91
92Plane Functions Reference
93-------------------------
94
95.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_plane.h
96   :internal:
97
98.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c
99   :export:
100
101Display Modes Function Reference
102================================
103
104.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_modes.h
105   :internal:
106
107.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
108   :export:
109
110Connector Abstraction
111=====================
112
113.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
114   :doc: overview
115
116Connector Functions Reference
117-----------------------------
118
119.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_connector.h
120   :internal:
121
122.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
123   :export:
124
125Encoder Abstraction
126===================
127
128.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
129   :doc: overview
130
131Encoder Functions Reference
132---------------------------
133
134.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_encoder.h
135   :internal:
136
137.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
138   :export:
139
140KMS Initialization and Cleanup
141==============================
142
143A KMS device is abstracted and exposed as a set of planes, CRTCs,
144encoders and connectors. KMS drivers must thus create and initialize all
145those objects at load time after initializing mode setting.
146
147CRTCs (:c:type:`struct drm_crtc <drm_crtc>`)
148--------------------------------------------
149
150A CRTC is an abstraction representing a part of the chip that contains a
151pointer to a scanout buffer. Therefore, the number of CRTCs available
152determines how many independent scanout buffers can be active at any
153given time. The CRTC structure contains several fields to support this:
154a pointer to some video memory (abstracted as a frame buffer object), a
155display mode, and an (x, y) offset into the video memory to support
156panning or configurations where one piece of video memory spans multiple
157CRTCs.
158
159CRTC Initialization
160~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
161
162A KMS device must create and register at least one struct
163:c:type:`struct drm_crtc <drm_crtc>` instance. The instance is
164allocated and zeroed by the driver, possibly as part of a larger
165structure, and registered with a call to :c:func:`drm_crtc_init()`
166with a pointer to CRTC functions.
167
168
169Cleanup
170-------
171
172The DRM core manages its objects' lifetime. When an object is not needed
173anymore the core calls its destroy function, which must clean up and
174free every resource allocated for the object. Every
175:c:func:`drm_\*_init()` call must be matched with a corresponding
176:c:func:`drm_\*_cleanup()` call to cleanup CRTCs
177(:c:func:`drm_crtc_cleanup()`), planes
178(:c:func:`drm_plane_cleanup()`), encoders
179(:c:func:`drm_encoder_cleanup()`) and connectors
180(:c:func:`drm_connector_cleanup()`). Furthermore, connectors that
181have been added to sysfs must be removed by a call to
182:c:func:`drm_connector_unregister()` before calling
183:c:func:`drm_connector_cleanup()`.
184
185Connectors state change detection must be cleanup up with a call to
186:c:func:`drm_kms_helper_poll_fini()`.
187
188Output discovery and initialization example
189-------------------------------------------
190
191.. code-block:: c
192
193    void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
194    {
195        struct drm_connector *connector;
196        struct intel_output *intel_output;
197
198        intel_output = kzalloc(sizeof(struct intel_output), GFP_KERNEL);
199        if (!intel_output)
200            return;
201
202        connector = &intel_output->base;
203        drm_connector_init(dev, &intel_output->base,
204                   &intel_crt_connector_funcs, DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VGA);
205
206        drm_encoder_init(dev, &intel_output->enc, &intel_crt_enc_funcs,
207                 DRM_MODE_ENCODER_DAC);
208
209        drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(&intel_output->base,
210                          &intel_output->enc);
211
212        /* Set up the DDC bus. */
213        intel_output->ddc_bus = intel_i2c_create(dev, GPIOA, "CRTDDC_A");
214        if (!intel_output->ddc_bus) {
215            dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &dev->pdev->dev, "DDC bus registration "
216                   "failed.\n");
217            return;
218        }
219
220        intel_output->type = INTEL_OUTPUT_ANALOG;
221        connector->interlace_allowed = 0;
222        connector->doublescan_allowed = 0;
223
224        drm_encoder_helper_add(&intel_output->enc, &intel_crt_helper_funcs);
225        drm_connector_helper_add(connector, &intel_crt_connector_helper_funcs);
226
227        drm_connector_register(connector);
228    }
229
230In the example above (taken from the i915 driver), a CRTC, connector and
231encoder combination is created. A device-specific i2c bus is also
232created for fetching EDID data and performing monitor detection. Once
233the process is complete, the new connector is registered with sysfs to
234make its properties available to applications.
235
236KMS Locking
237===========
238
239.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
240   :doc: kms locking
241
242.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
243   :internal:
244
245.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
246   :export:
247
248KMS Properties
249==============
250
251Property Types and Blob Property Support
252----------------------------------------
253
254.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c
255   :doc: overview
256
257.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_property.h
258   :internal:
259
260.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c
261   :export:
262
263Standard Connector Properties
264-----------------------------
265
266.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
267   :doc: standard connector properties
268
269Plane Composition Properties
270----------------------------
271
272.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
273   :doc: overview
274
275.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
276   :export:
277
278Color Management Properties
279---------------------------
280
281.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_color_mgmt.c
282   :doc: overview
283
284.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_color_mgmt.h
285   :internal:
286
287.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_color_mgmt.c
288   :export:
289
290Tile Group Property
291-------------------
292
293.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
294   :doc: Tile group
295
296Explicit Fencing Properties
297---------------------------
298
299.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
300   :doc: explicit fencing properties
301
302Existing KMS Properties
303-----------------------
304
305The following table gives description of drm properties exposed by
306various modules/drivers.
307
308.. csv-table::
309   :header-rows: 1
310   :file: kms-properties.csv
311
312Vertical Blanking
313=================
314
315Vertical blanking plays a major role in graphics rendering. To achieve
316tear-free display, users must synchronize page flips and/or rendering to
317vertical blanking. The DRM API offers ioctls to perform page flips
318synchronized to vertical blanking and wait for vertical blanking.
319
320The DRM core handles most of the vertical blanking management logic,
321which involves filtering out spurious interrupts, keeping race-free
322blanking counters, coping with counter wrap-around and resets and
323keeping use counts. It relies on the driver to generate vertical
324blanking interrupts and optionally provide a hardware vertical blanking
325counter. Drivers must implement the following operations.
326
327-  int (\*enable_vblank) (struct drm_device \*dev, int crtc); void
328   (\*disable_vblank) (struct drm_device \*dev, int crtc);
329   Enable or disable vertical blanking interrupts for the given CRTC.
330
331-  u32 (\*get_vblank_counter) (struct drm_device \*dev, int crtc);
332   Retrieve the value of the vertical blanking counter for the given
333   CRTC. If the hardware maintains a vertical blanking counter its value
334   should be returned. Otherwise drivers can use the
335   :c:func:`drm_vblank_count()` helper function to handle this
336   operation.
337
338Drivers must initialize the vertical blanking handling core with a call
339to :c:func:`drm_vblank_init()` in their load operation.
340
341Vertical blanking interrupts can be enabled by the DRM core or by
342drivers themselves (for instance to handle page flipping operations).
343The DRM core maintains a vertical blanking use count to ensure that the
344interrupts are not disabled while a user still needs them. To increment
345the use count, drivers call :c:func:`drm_vblank_get()`. Upon
346return vertical blanking interrupts are guaranteed to be enabled.
347
348To decrement the use count drivers call
349:c:func:`drm_vblank_put()`. Only when the use count drops to zero
350will the DRM core disable the vertical blanking interrupts after a delay
351by scheduling a timer. The delay is accessible through the
352vblankoffdelay module parameter or the ``drm_vblank_offdelay`` global
353variable and expressed in milliseconds. Its default value is 5000 ms.
354Zero means never disable, and a negative value means disable
355immediately. Drivers may override the behaviour by setting the
356:c:type:`struct drm_device <drm_device>`
357vblank_disable_immediate flag, which when set causes vblank interrupts
358to be disabled immediately regardless of the drm_vblank_offdelay
359value. The flag should only be set if there's a properly working
360hardware vblank counter present.
361
362When a vertical blanking interrupt occurs drivers only need to call the
363:c:func:`drm_handle_vblank()` function to account for the
364interrupt.
365
366Resources allocated by :c:func:`drm_vblank_init()` must be freed
367with a call to :c:func:`drm_vblank_cleanup()` in the driver unload
368operation handler.
369
370Vertical Blanking and Interrupt Handling Functions Reference
371------------------------------------------------------------
372
373.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
374   :export:
375
376.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_irq.h
377   :internal:
378