linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] drm/doc: Define KMS atomic state set

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:29:54 +0000
From:   Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>
To:     André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wayland-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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        christian.koenig@....com, pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@....com,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Daniel Stone <daniel@...ishbar.org>,
        'Marek Olšák' <maraeo@...il.com>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@...lbox.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, hwentlan@....com,
        joshua@...ggi.es, ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com,
        Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] drm/doc: Define KMS atomic state set

On Saturday, July 8th, 2023 at 00:40, André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com> wrote:

> +KMS atomic state
> +================
> +
> +An atomic commit can change multiple KMS properties in an atomic fashion,
> +without ever applying intermediate or partial state changes.  Either the whole
> +commit succeeds or fails, and it will never be applied partially. This is the
> +fundamental improvement of the atomic API over the older non-atomic API which is
> +referred to as the "legacy API".  Applying intermediate state could unexpectedly
> +fail, cause visible glitches, or delay reaching the final state.
> +
> +An atomic commit can be flagged with DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY, which means the

Can we linkify these #defines? This can be done like so:

    … flagged with :c:macro:`DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY`, which means …

This should create a link to the docs for this flag.