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a=ed25519-sha256; t=1738786137; l=1470; i=asrivats@redhat.com; s=20250122; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=8E/zDOS2y2jXYtpxt4v/XPpri1L2d3Hp1icGGz6XyLc=; b=kvdtINpTCFoOpfqXf/fVrI+PlDBH109lqvGOt8aqdxgPNRLHbndphfZbHS68h26FBvlE/Lev1 rwTEVkvxYkZBkVPbSaO6vTBgPPPOtlnOVyP8CR4ue3yQ+gZM3xTUog2 X-Developer-Key: i=asrivats@redhat.com; a=ed25519; pk=brnIHkBsUZEhyW6Zyn0U92AeIZ1psws/q8VFbIkf1AU= X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.40 Update the Documentation to be more precise. v2: Update for clarity Cc: Thomas Zimmermann Signed-off-by: Anusha Srivatsa --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 256d0d1cb2164bd94f9b610a751b907834d96a21..03fcd086889acbd1294669b2602= 92ffc79e97e2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -441,13 +441,13 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann =20 Level: Intermediate =20 -Request memory regions in all drivers -------------------------------------- +Request memory regions in all fbdev drivers +-------------------------------------------- =20 -Go through all drivers and add code to request the memory regions that the -driver uses. This requires adding calls to request_mem_region(), -pci_request_region() or similar functions. Use helpers for managed cleanup -where possible. +Old/ancient fbdev drivers do not request their memory properly. +Go through these drivers and add code to request the memory regions that t= he +driver uses. Problematic areas include hardware that has exclusive ranges = like +VGA. VGA16fb does not request the range as it is expected. =20 Drivers are pretty bad at doing this and there used to be conflicts among DRM and fbdev drivers. Still, it's the correct thing to do. --=20 2.47.0