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authorThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2015-07-21 16:42:30 +0200
committerThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2015-08-13 13:47:42 +0200
commita1df3b24884d5d8946d6cdf44e6d403e3925b4c6 (patch)
tree3700364b0480458fe1dca624f382119c101e1638 /drivers/gpu
parent6ca1f62f0d69120030469cc0b409bd521cbd67cc (diff)
downloadlinux-a1df3b24884d5d8946d6cdf44e6d403e3925b4c6.tar.gz
drm/tegra: dc: Clarify comment about cursor treatment
Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
index e424755dd578..6b1dc02f98ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
@@ -809,9 +809,11 @@ static struct drm_plane *tegra_dc_cursor_plane_create(struct drm_device *drm,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	/*
-	 * We'll treat the cursor as an overlay plane with index 6 here so
-	 * that the update and activation request bits in DC_CMD_STATE_CONTROL
-	 * match up.
+	 * This index is kind of fake. The cursor isn't a regular plane, but
+	 * its update and activation request bits in DC_CMD_STATE_CONTROL do
+	 * use the same programming. Setting this fake index here allows the
+	 * code in tegra_add_plane_state() to do the right thing without the
+	 * need to special-casing the cursor plane.
 	 */
 	plane->index = 6;