Unverified Commit 2ac5ef3b authored by Simon Ser's avatar Simon Ser
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drm: document drm_mode_get_connector



Document how to perform a GETCONNECTOR ioctl. Document the various
struct fields. Also document how to perform a forced probe, and when
should user-space do it.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@gmail.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/4NxrTtynzPiPX4SOCzxmA1sRB8fVLfeiabVpi5j3Y@cp7-web-041.plabs.ch
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@@ -368,27 +368,95 @@ enum drm_mode_subconnector {
#define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK	18
#define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_SPI		19

/**
 * struct drm_mode_get_connector - Get connector metadata.
 *
 * User-space can perform a GETCONNECTOR ioctl to retrieve information about a
 * connector. User-space is expected to retrieve encoders, modes and properties
 * by performing this ioctl at least twice: the first time to retrieve the
 * number of elements, the second time to retrieve the elements themselves.
 *
 * To retrieve the number of elements, set @count_props and @count_encoders to
 * zero, set @count_modes to 1, and set @modes_ptr to a temporary struct
 * drm_mode_modeinfo element.
 *
 * To retrieve the elements, allocate arrays for @encoders_ptr, @modes_ptr,
 * @props_ptr and @prop_values_ptr, then set @count_modes, @count_props and
 * @count_encoders to their capacity.
 *
 * Performing the ioctl only twice may be racy: the number of elements may have
 * changed with a hotplug event in-between the two ioctls. User-space is
 * expected to retry the last ioctl until the number of elements stabilizes.
 * The kernel won't fill any array which doesn't have the expected length.
 *
 * **Force-probing a connector**
 *
 * If the @count_modes field is set to zero, the kernel will perform a forced
 * probe on the connector to refresh the connector status, modes and EDID.
 * A forced-probe can be slow and the ioctl will block. A force-probe can cause
 * flickering and temporary freezes, so it should not be performed
 * automatically.
 *
 * User-space shouldn't need to force-probe connectors in general: the kernel
 * will automatically take care of probing connectors that don't support
 * hot-plug detection when appropriate. However, user-space may force-probe
 * connectors on user request (e.g. clicking a "Scan connectors" button, or
 * opening a UI to manage screens).
 */
struct drm_mode_get_connector {

	/** @encoders_ptr: Pointer to ``__u32`` array of object IDs. */
	__u64 encoders_ptr;
	/** @modes_ptr: Pointer to struct drm_mode_modeinfo array. */
	__u64 modes_ptr;
	/** @props_ptr: Pointer to ``__u32`` array of property IDs. */
	__u64 props_ptr;
	/** @prop_values_ptr: Pointer to ``__u64`` array of property values. */
	__u64 prop_values_ptr;

	/** @count_modes: Number of modes. */
	__u32 count_modes;
	/** @count_props: Number of properties. */
	__u32 count_props;
	/** @count_encoders: Number of encoders. */
	__u32 count_encoders;

	__u32 encoder_id; /**< Current Encoder */
	__u32 connector_id; /**< Id */
	/** @encoder_id: Object ID of the current encoder. */
	__u32 encoder_id;
	/** @connector_id: Object ID of the connector. */
	__u32 connector_id;
	/**
	 * @connector_type: Type of the connector.
	 *
	 * See DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_* defines.
	 */
	__u32 connector_type;
	/**
	 * @connector_type_id: Type-specific connector number.
	 *
	 * This is not an object ID. This is a per-type connector number. Each
	 * (type, type_id) combination is unique across all connectors of a DRM
	 * device.
	 */
	__u32 connector_type_id;

	/**
	 * @connection: Status of the connector.
	 *
	 * See enum drm_connector_status.
	 */
	__u32 connection;
	__u32 mm_width;  /**< width in millimeters */
	__u32 mm_height; /**< height in millimeters */
	/** @mm_width: Width of the connected sink in millimeters. */
	__u32 mm_width;
	/** @mm_height: Height of the connected sink in millimeters. */
	__u32 mm_height;
	/**
	 * @subpixel: Subpixel order of the connected sink.
	 *
	 * See enum subpixel_order.
	 */
	__u32 subpixel;

	/** @pad: Padding, must be zero. */
	__u32 pad;
};