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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 17:39:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 17:39:57 +0000 |
| commit | dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3 (patch) | |
| tree | c754d0390db060af0213ff994f0ac310e4cfd6e9 /tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.6.15-2. (diff) | |
| download | linux-dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3.tar.xz linux-dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3.zip | |
Merging upstream version 6.7.7.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h index 794c1d8576..de723566c5 100644 --- a/tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h +++ b/tools/include/uapi/drm/drm.h @@ -1134,6 +1134,26 @@ extern "C" { #define DRM_IOCTL_MODE_PAGE_FLIP DRM_IOWR(0xB0, struct drm_mode_crtc_page_flip) #define DRM_IOCTL_MODE_DIRTYFB DRM_IOWR(0xB1, struct drm_mode_fb_dirty_cmd) +/** + * DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB - Create a new dumb buffer object. + * + * KMS dumb buffers provide a very primitive way to allocate a buffer object + * suitable for scanout and map it for software rendering. KMS dumb buffers are + * not suitable for hardware-accelerated rendering nor video decoding. KMS dumb + * buffers are not suitable to be displayed on any other device than the KMS + * device where they were allocated from. Also see + * :ref:`kms_dumb_buffer_objects`. + * + * The IOCTL argument is a struct drm_mode_create_dumb. + * + * User-space is expected to create a KMS dumb buffer via this IOCTL, then add + * it as a KMS framebuffer via &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB and map it via + * &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_MAP_DUMB. + * + * &DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER indicates whether this IOCTL is supported. + * &DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH and &DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW indicate + * driver preferences for dumb buffers. + */ #define DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB DRM_IOWR(0xB2, struct drm_mode_create_dumb) #define DRM_IOCTL_MODE_MAP_DUMB DRM_IOWR(0xB3, struct drm_mode_map_dumb) #define DRM_IOCTL_MODE_DESTROY_DUMB DRM_IOWR(0xB4, struct drm_mode_destroy_dumb) |