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Diffstat (limited to 'include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h index 16ff3fa148f5..0d184d526a22 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h @@ -866,13 +866,19 @@ struct drm_connector_helper_funcs { * The usual way to implement this is to cache the EDID retrieved in the * probe callback somewhere in the driver-private connector structure. * In this function drivers then parse the modes in the EDID and add - * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that driver a + * them by calling drm_add_edid_modes(). But connectors that drive a * fixed panel can also manually add specific modes using * drm_mode_probed_add(). Drivers which manually add modes should also * make sure that the &drm_connector.display_info, * &drm_connector.width_mm and &drm_connector.height_mm fields are * filled in. * + * Note that the caller function will automatically add standard VESA + * DMT modes up to 1024x768 if the .get_modes() helper operation returns + * no mode and if the connector status is connector_status_connected or + * connector_status_unknown. There is no need to call + * drm_add_modes_noedid() manually in that case. + * * Virtual drivers that just want some standard VESA mode with a given * resolution can call drm_add_modes_noedid(), and mark the preferred * one using drm_set_preferred_mode(). |