drm/uapi: Deprecate nonsense kms mode types
BUILTIN, CRTC_C, CLOCK_C, and DEFULT mode types are unused. Let's
refuse to generate them or accept them from userspace either. A
cursory check didn't reveal any userspace code that would depend
on these.
v2: Recommend DRIVER instead of BUILTIN (ajax)
Cc: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
Cc: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
Cc: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20171115154504.14338-1-ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com
Reviewed-by: Jose Abreu <joabreu@synopsys.com>
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modes.h b/include/drm/drm_modes.h
index 99dd815..71cbb10 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modes.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modes.h
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ struct drm_display_mode {
* A bitmask of flags, mostly about the source of a mode. Possible flags
* are:
*
- * - DRM_MODE_TYPE_BUILTIN: Meant for hard-coded modes, effectively
- * unused.
* - DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED: Preferred mode, usually the native
* resolution of an LCD panel. There should only be one preferred
* mode per connector at any given time.
@@ -253,8 +251,11 @@ struct drm_display_mode {
* - DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF: Mode defined via kernel command line
*
* Plus a big list of flags which shouldn't be used at all, but are
- * still around since these flags are also used in the userspace ABI:
+ * still around since these flags are also used in the userspace ABI.
+ * We no longer accept modes with these types though:
*
+ * - DRM_MODE_TYPE_BUILTIN: Meant for hard-coded modes, unused.
+ * Use DRM_MODE_TYPE_DRIVER instead.
* - DRM_MODE_TYPE_DEFAULT: Again a leftover, use
* DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED instead.
* - DRM_MODE_TYPE_CLOCK_C and DRM_MODE_TYPE_CRTC_C: Define leftovers