linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 09/10] arm64: efi: Export screen

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1YCtc3LJ-_3iT90_Srehb96gLHvTXsbJ0wT6NFYCG=TQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:26:52 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "marcelo.cerri@...onical.com" <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...rosoft.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/10] arm64: efi: Export screen_info

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:18 AM Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 4:36 PM Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The Hyper-V frame buffer driver may be built as a module, and
> > > it needs access to screen_info. So export screen_info.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
> >
> > Is there any chance of using a more modern KMS based driver for the screen
> > than the old fbdev subsystem? I had hoped to one day completely remove
> > support for the old CONFIG_VIDEO_FBDEV and screen_info from modern
> > architectures.
> >
>
> The current hyperv_fb.c driver is all we have today for the synthetic Hyper-V
> frame buffer device.  That driver builds and runs on both ARM64 and x86.
>
> I'm not knowledgeable about video/graphics drivers, but when you
> say "a more modern KMS based driver", are you meaning one based on
> DRM & KMS?  Does DRM make sense for a "dumb" frame buffer device?
> Are there any drivers that would be a good pattern to look at?

It used to be a lot harder to write a DRM driver compared to an fbdev
driver, but this has changed to the opposite over the years.

A fairly minimal example would be drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c
or anything in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/, but you may want to look at the
other hypervisor platforms first, i.e drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c,
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c, drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c,
drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c, and drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_drv.c.

       Arnd