Add a description on VKMS module and the cases in which it should be used. There's a brief explanation on how to set it and use it in a VM, along with an example of running an igt-test.
Signed-off-by: Gabriela Bittencourt gabrielabittencourt00@gmail.com
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Changes in v2: - Avoid repetition of words in the same sentence; - Make the explanation on 'setting the kernel' shorter, eliminate the 'make menuconfig' command; - Add tab on enumeration to have one line per item; - Clarify from each machine igt-tests commands should be ran on.
Tested the patch using 'make htmldocs' to make sure the output .html is correct.
Hi DRM-community, this is my first (of many, I hope) patch in this subsystem. I hope to have a lot of learning (and fun :)) working with you guys. I'm starting by documenting the VKMS driver in "Userland interfaces", if I have been inaccurate in my description or if I misunderstood some concept, please let me know. --- Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst index 94f90521f58c..1586cbba05d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst @@ -285,6 +285,42 @@ run-tests.sh is a wrapper around piglit that will execute the tests matching the -t options. A report in HTML format will be available in ./results/html/index.html. Results can be compared with piglit.
+Using VKMS to test DRM API +-------------------------- + +VKMS is a software-only model of a KMS driver that is useful for testing +and for running compositors. VKMS aims to enable a virtual display without +the need for a hardware display capability. These characteristics made VKMS +a perfect tool for validating the DRM core behavior and also support the +compositor developer. VKMS makes it possible to test DRM functions in a +virtual machine without display, simplifing the validation of some of the +core changes. + +To Validate changes in DRM API with VKMS, start setting the kernel: make +sure to enable VKMS module; compile the kernel with the VKMS enabled and +install it in the target machine. VKMS can be run in a Virtual Machine +(QEMU, virtme or similar). It's recommended the use of KVM with the minimum +of 1GB of RAM and four cores. + +It's possible to run the IGT-tests in a VM in two ways: + 1. Use IGT inside a VM + 2. Use IGT from the host machine and write the results in a shared directory. + +As follow, there is an example of using a VM with a shared directory with +the host machine to run igt-tests. As example it's used virtme:: + + $ virtme-run --rwdir /path/for/shared_dir --kdir=path/for/kernel/directory --mods=auto + +Run the igt-tests in the guest machine, as example it's ran the 'kms_flip' +tests:: + + $ /path/for/igt-gpu-tools/scripts/run-tests.sh -p -s -t "kms_flip.*" -v + +In this example, instead of build the igt_runner, Piglit is used +(-p option); it's created html summary of the tests results and it's saved +in the folder "igt-gpu-tools/results"; it's executed only the igt-tests +matching the -t option. + Display CRC Support -------------------