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Message-Id: <107bbc36a316ed0ddc7b5a8bcd9b6db6cbc71d4f.1452782114.git.john@metanate.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:39:42 +0000
From:	John Keeping <john@...anate.com>
To:	Mark yao <mark.yao@...k-chips.com>
Cc:	John Keeping <john@...anate.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..." <linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] drm/rockchip: explain why we can't wait_for_vblanks

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@...anate.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
index 679d23a..b267ce4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ static void rockchip_crtc_wait_for_update(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 		crtc_funcs->wait_for_update(crtc);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We can't use drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks() because rk3288 and rk3066
+ * have hardware counters for neither vblanks nor scanlines.  This function is
+ * equivalent but uses rockchip_crtc_wait_for_update() instead of waiting for
+ * vblank_count to change.
+ */
 static void
 rockchip_atomic_wait_for_complete(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
-- 
2.7.0.226.gfe986fe