linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a new major

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Message-ID: <20221108124614.GA6397@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 13:46:14 +0100
From:   Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Yuji Ishikawa <yuji2.ishikawa@...hiba.co.jp>,
        Jiho Chu <jiho.chu@...sung.com>,
        Daniel Stone <daniel@...ishbar.org>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Jagan Teki <jagan@...rulasolutions.com>,
        Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maciej Kwapulinski <maciej.kwapulinski@...ux.intel.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a
 new major

On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 11:02:23PM +0200, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Add a new Kconfig for the accel subsystem. The Kconfig currently
> contains only the basic CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL option that will be used to
> decide whether to compile the accel registration code. Therefore, the
> kconfig option is defined as bool.
> 
> The accel code will be compiled as part of drm.ko and will be called
> directly from the DRM core code. The reason we compile it as part of
> drm.ko and not as a separate module is because of cyclic dependency
> between drm.ko and the separate module (if it would have existed).
> This is due to the fact that DRM core code calls accel functions and
> vice-versa.
> 
> The accelerator devices will be exposed to the user space with a new,
> dedicated major number - 261.
> 
> The accel init function registers the new major number as a char device
> and create corresponding sysfs and debugfs root entries, similar to
> what is done in DRM init function.
> 
> I added a new header called drm_accel.h to include/drm/, that will hold
> the prototypes of the drm_accel.c functions. In case CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL
> is set to 'N', that header will contain empty inline implementations of
> those functions, to allow DRM core code to compile successfully
> without dependency on CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL.
> 
> I Updated the MAINTAINERS file accordingly with the newly added folder
> and I have taken the liberty to appropriate the dri-devel mailing list
> and the dri-devel IRC channel for the accel subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>

Tested-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>

I tested those patches with intel_vpu driver. After initial troubles,
I got things worked with our driver and user mode components.

Regards
Stanislaw