On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:02:00PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> fbdev is a little special. All that we actually require is a plain
> ggtt_pin to ensure that the fb is still around for panics. We can leave
> the plane state in modesetting. We have have full control over the
> struct we associated with the ifbdev, so can easily stash the vma in
> there as well.

Or even from the atomic perspective, the plane state for fbdev can be
kept alive for emergency restoration. We still need to keep the ggtt_pin
for the persistent mmaping we use for fbcon.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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