Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] vga_switcheroo, drm: Push fbcon handling into DRM clients
Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:58:29 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel |
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Hi Am 18.07.26 um 21:08 schrieb Helge Deller: > Hi Thomas, > > On 7/9/26 11:15, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Vga_switcheroo currently invokes fb_switch_outputs() to inform fbcon >> about switching of the physical outputs among framebuffer devices. But >> new DRM clients to not use fbdev/fbcon and might require their own >> vga_switcheroo support. Let's strictly separate them from each other. >> >> Remove fbdev/fbcon from vga_switcheroo. Introduce a pre_switch callback >> for vga_switcheroo clients to do the fbcon update. Allows for removing >> all direct interactions between vga_switcheroo and fbdev/fbcon. >> >> There are only four drivers that support vga_switcheroo: amdgpu, >> radeon, i915 and nouveau. Update each of them with the new callback. >> When vga_switcheroo now invokes pre_switch, each DRM driver forwards >> to aquire_outputs and lets the DRM clients handle the new outputs. >> >> At the same time, push the fbcon update into DRM's client for fbdev >> emulation. Do this with the new DRM client callback acquire_outputs, >> so that other clients can have their own handling of vga_switcheroo. >> >> Also replace the existing reprobe hook with post_switch for symetry. >> For nouveau, this is merely a rename of the helper function. The other >> drivers dor not implement reprobe. >> >> Tested with radeon on a notebook with Radeon HD 4225 and HD 5430. >> >> v2: >> - implement all of pre_switch in a single commit to avoid possible >> deadlock in intermediate state (Sashiko) >> - fix erroneous docs (Sashiko) >> >> Thomas Zimmermann (7): >> drm/edid: Include <linux/fb.h> >> drm/client: Add acquire_outputs callback; implement for fbdev >> emulation >> vga_switcheroo: Add pre_switch callback to client ops >> vga_switcheroo: Add post_switch callback to client ops >> drm: Implement struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops.pre_switch >> drm: Implement vga_switcheroo_client_ops.post_switch >> vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces >> >> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c | 9 ++++- >> drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c | 23 ++++++++---- >> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_event.c | 18 ++++++++++ >> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 1 + >> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_switcheroo.c | 11 +++++- >> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c | 28 +++++++++------ >> drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 9 ++++- >> drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c | 41 +++++----------------- >> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 8 ----- >> include/drm/drm_client.h | 14 ++++++++ >> include/drm/drm_client_event.h | 3 ++ >> include/linux/vga_switcheroo.h | 29 ++++++++------- >> 12 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) > You may add a > Acked-by: Helge Deller <[email protected]> > to the series. Thank you so much. > > Just in case you want me to take the series through the fbdev git tree, > please let me know. The series is supposed to go though DRM trees. I'm still waiting for reviews from the rsp devs. Best regards Thomas > > Helge -- -- Thomas Zimmermann Graphics Driver Developer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)