Motivated by the pre-review process for i915 gem/gt features, but probably useful in general for complex stuff.
v2: Add reminder to not forget userspace projects in the discussion (Simon, Jason)
Cc: Simon Ser contact@emersion.fr Cc: Jani Nikula jani.nikula@linux.intel.com Cc: Joonas Lahtinen joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com Cc: Rodrigo Vivi rodrigo.vivi@intel.com Cc: Jason Ekstrand jason@jlekstrand.net Cc: Dave Airlie airlied@redhat.com Acked-by: Rodrigo Vivi rodrigo.vivi@intel.com Acked-by: Dave Airlie airlied@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter daniel.vetter@intel.com --- Documentation/gpu/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst index c9a51e3bfb5a..df58cb826d68 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide vga-switcheroo vgaarbiter todo + rfc
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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a8621f7dab8b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +=============== +GPU RFC Section +=============== + +For complex work, especially new uapi, it is often good to nail the high level +design issues before getting lost in the code details. This section is meant to +host such documentation: + +* Each RFC should be a section in this file, explaining the goal and main design + considerations. Especially for uapi make sure you Cc: all relevant project + mailing lists and involved people outside of dri-devel. + +* For uapi structures add a file to this directory with and then pull the + kerneldoc in like with real uapi headers. + +* Once the code has landed move all the documentation to the right places in + the main core, helper or driver sections.