Thanks Maíra:

Reviewed-by: Iago Toral Quiroga <[email protected]>

El sáb, 06-06-2026 a las 15:55 -0300, Maíra Canal escribió:
> V3D 3.3 (Broadcom BCM7268) and V3D 4.1 (Broadcom BCM7278) has had no
> in-tree userspace since Mesa dropped support in 2024, on the grounds
> that those generations were no longer being tested. The situation in
> the kernel is similar: the maintainers don't have this hardware, the
> hardware is not available for purchase, and there is no known user of
> these GPUs.
> 
> With no userspace left to drive it and no known users, maintaining
> the
> ver <= 41 code paths is a cost without a benefit, considering that
> these
> paths are not being exercised on real hardware.
> 
> As a first step toward removal, emit a deprecation warning at probe
> for
> V3D versions earlier than or equal to 4.1. The hardware remains
> functional for now; this only warns. If any real user appears and
> explain its use-case, support can be retained.
> 
> Schedule the removal of V3D 3.3 and 4.1 support to the next kernel
> release.
> 
> Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/25851
> Signed-off-by: Maíra Canal <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
> index 805d84435ee0..8d914dbc3315 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
>  /**
>   * DOC: Broadcom V3D Graphics Driver
>   *
> - * This driver supports the Broadcom V3D 3.3 and 4.1 OpenGL ES GPUs.
> + * This driver supports the Broadcom V3D 4.2 and 7.1 GPUs.
> + *
> + * Support for V3D 3.3 and 4.1 GPUs is deprecated and it will be
> removed
> + * in the next kernel release.
> + *
>   * For V3D 2.x support, see the VC4 driver.
>   *
>   * The V3D GPU includes a tiled render (composed of a bin and render
> @@ -414,6 +418,18 @@ static int v3d_platform_drm_probe(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
>        */
>       WARN_ON(v3d->ver != gen);
>  
> +     /* V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 has had no in-tree userspace since
> Mesa
> +      * dropped support in 2024 (MR#25851) and they have no known
> users.
> +      * Due to that, support is scheduled for removal in the next
> release.
> +      */
> +     if (v3d->ver <= V3D_GEN_41) {
> +             dev_warn(dev,
> +                      "V3D %u.%u support is deprecated and will
> be removed "
> +                      "in the next kernel release. If you rely on
> this hardware, "
> +                      "please report it to
> [email protected].\n",
> +                      v3d->ver / 10, v3d->ver % 10);
> +     }
> +
>       v3d->cores = V3D_GET_FIELD(ident1, V3D_HUB_IDENT1_NCORES);
>       WARN_ON(v3d->cores > 1); /* multicore not yet implemented */
>  

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