drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(9)

drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked9

Restore fbdev configuration

Usage

bool drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(struct drm_fb_helper * fb_helper);

Arguments

fb_helper

fbcon to restore

Overview

This should be called from driver's drm ->lastclose callback when implementing an fbcon on top of kms using this helper. This ensures that the user isn't greeted with a black screen when e.g. X dies.

Authors

Jesse Barnes <[email protected]>
Intel Corporation,

Initial version

Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>
Ideas on board SPRL,

Driver internals

Daniel Vetter <[email protected]>
Intel Corporation,

Contributions all over the place

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.