Only used by the lvds encoder. Note that we shouldn't do the same
simple conversion with the FORCE_6BPC flag, since that's much better
handled by moving all the pipe_bpc computation around.
This requires that we pass the pipe config around to encoders, so
that they can set special attributes and set constraints. To do so
introduce a new ->compute_config encoder callback, which is called in
stead of the drm crtc helper's ->mode_fixup.
To avoid massive churn all over the codebase we don't want to convert
all existing ->mode_fixup functions. Instead I've opted to convert
them on an as-needed basis (mostly to cut down on rebase conflicts and
to have more freedom to experiment around while developing the
patches).
Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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* http://dri.freedesktop.org/ *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).
The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:
1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.
2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
restricted regions of memory.
3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
switch.
4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.
Documentation on the DRI is available from:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/
For specific information about kernel-level support, see:
The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html
Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html
A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html
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