Add docs for "{left,right,top,bottom} margin" properties.
v2:
- Mention the purpose: mitigate underscan on TVs
- Move out of analog TV section into standard props (Pekka)
- Mention HDMI AVI InfoFrames (Pekka, Ville)
Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <[email protected]>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <[email protected]>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <[email protected]>
Cc: Noralf Trønnes <[email protected]>
Cc: Mateusz Kwiatkowski <[email protected]>
Cc: Ville Syrjälä <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index ffd65eddce42..a180f541736a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -1446,6 +1446,20 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[]
= {
* a firmware handled hotkey. Therefor userspace must not include the
* privacy-screen sw-state in an atomic commit unless it wants to change
* its value.
+ *
+ * left margin, right margin, top margin, bottom margin:
+ * Add margins to the connector's viewport. This is typically used to
+ * mitigate underscan on TVs.
+ *
+ * The value is the size in pixels of the black border which will be
+ * added. The attached CRTC's content will be scaled to fill the whole
+ * area inside the margin.
+ *
+ * The margins configuration might be sent to the sink, e.g. via HDMI AVI
+ * InfoFrames.
+ *
+ * Drivers can set up these properties by calling
+ * drm_mode_create_tv_margin_properties().
*/
int drm_connector_create_standard_properties(struct drm_device *dev)
@@ -1590,10 +1604,6 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_attach_dp_subconnector_property);
/*
* TODO: Document the properties:
- * - left margin
- * - right margin
- * - top margin
- * - bottom margin
* - brightness
* - contrast
* - flicker reduction
--
2.39.2
