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authorThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2015-07-21 17:42:30 +0300
committerThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2015-08-13 14:47:42 +0300
commita1df3b24884d5d8946d6cdf44e6d403e3925b4c6 (patch)
tree3700364b0480458fe1dca624f382119c101e1638 /drivers/gpu/drm/tegra
parent6ca1f62f0d69120030469cc0b409bd521cbd67cc (diff)
downloadlinux-a1df3b24884d5d8946d6cdf44e6d403e3925b4c6.tar.xz
drm/tegra: dc: Clarify comment about cursor treatment
Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/tegra')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
index e424755dd578..6b1dc02f98ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
@@ -809,9 +809,11 @@ static struct drm_plane *tegra_dc_cursor_plane_create(struct drm_device *drm,
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
/*
- * We'll treat the cursor as an overlay plane with index 6 here so
- * that the update and activation request bits in DC_CMD_STATE_CONTROL
- * match up.
+ * This index is kind of fake. The cursor isn't a regular plane, but
+ * its update and activation request bits in DC_CMD_STATE_CONTROL do
+ * use the same programming. Setting this fake index here allows the
+ * code in tegra_add_plane_state() to do the right thing without the
+ * need to special-casing the cursor plane.
*/
plane->index = 6;