linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] PCI/VGA: introduce is_boot_device function callback to vga_client

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Message-ID: <c4d33797-2183-26d4-02d7-3662df6e97f6@loongson.cn>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:46:46 +0800
From:   Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn>
To:     Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>, Sui Jingfeng <15330273260@....cn>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Christian Konig <christian.koenig@....com>,
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        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] PCI/VGA: introduce is_boot_device function
 callback to vga_client_register

Hi

On 2023/6/22 06:11, Lyude Paul wrote:
> For the nouveau bits:
>
> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
Thanks a lot
> On Tue, 2023-06-13 at 03:25 +0800, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
>> From: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn>
>>
>> The vga_is_firmware_default() function is arch-dependent, it's probably
>> wrong if we simply remove the arch guard. As the VRAM BAR which contains
>> firmware framebuffer may move, while the lfb_base and lfb_size members of
>> the screen_info does not change accordingly. In short, it should take the
>> re-allocation of the PCI BAR into consideration.
>>
>> With the observation that device drivers or video aperture helpers may
>> have better knowledge about which PCI bar contains the firmware fb,
>> which could avoid the need to iterate all of the PCI BARs. But as a PCI
>> function at pci/vgaarb.c, vga_is_firmware_default() is not suitable to
>> make such an optimization since it is loaded too early.
>>
>> There are PCI display controllers that don't have a dedicated VRAM bar,
>> this function will lose its effectiveness in such a case. Luckily, the
>> device driver can provide an accurate workaround.
>>
>> Therefore, this patch introduces a callback that allows the device driver
>> to tell the VGAARB if the device is the default boot device. Also honor
>> the comment: "Clients have two callback mechanisms they can use"
>>
>> Sui Jingfeng (8):
>>    PCI/VGA: Use unsigned type for the io_state variable
>>    PCI/VGA: Deal only with VGA class devices
>>    PCI/VGA: Tidy up the code and comment format
>>    PCI/VGA: Replace full MIT license text with SPDX identifier
>>    video/aperture: Add a helper to detect if an aperture contains
>>      firmware FB
>>    PCI/VGA: Introduce is_boot_device function callback to
>>      vga_client_register
>>    drm/amdgpu: Implement the is_boot_device callback function
>>    drm/radeon: Implement the is_boot_device callback function
>>
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c |  12 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_aperture.c             |  16 +++
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c   |   3 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c      |   2 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c     |  12 +-
>>   drivers/pci/vgaarb.c                       | 153 +++++++++++++--------
>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c           |   2 +-
>>   drivers/video/aperture.c                   |  29 ++++
>>   include/drm/drm_aperture.h                 |   2 +
>>   include/linux/aperture.h                   |   7 +
>>   include/linux/vgaarb.h                     |  35 ++---
>>   11 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
>>
-- 
Jingfeng