linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] drm/radeon: Implement the is_boot

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Message-ID: <628f718b-bcbc-6a3b-6e7f-40148160b5b7@loongson.cn>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:20:17 +0800
From:   Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn>
To:     Sui Jingfeng <15330273260@....cn>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:     amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Christian Konig <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Pan Xinhui <Xinhui.Pan@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] drm/radeon: Implement the is_boot_device callback
 function


PING ?


On 2023/6/13 11:01, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
> From: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn>
>
> [why]
>
> The vga_is_firmware_default() defined in drivers/pci/vgaarb.c is
> arch-dependent, it's a dummy on non-x86 architectures currently.
> This made VGAARB lost an important condition for the arbitration.
> It could still be wrong even if we remove the #ifdef and #endif guards.
> because the PCI bar will move (resource re-allocation).
>
> [how]
>
> The device that owns the firmware framebuffer should be the default boot
> device. This patch adds an arch-independent function to enforce this rule

-- 
Jingfeng