The Tegra display controller (dc) driver has two frontends that implement different interfaces: 1. The traditional fbdev interface, implemented in drivers/video/tegra/fb.c 2. A new interface that exposes the unique capabilities of the controller, implemented in drivers/video/tegra/dc/ext The Tegra fbdev capabilities are documented in fb/tegrafb.c [TODO]. This document will describe the new "extended" dc interface. The extended interface is only available when its frontend has been compiled in, i.e., CONFIG_TEGRA_DC_EXTENSIONS=y. The dc_ext frontend can coexist with tegrafb, but takes precedence (more on that later). The dc_ext frontend's interface to userspace is exposed through a set of device nodes: one for each controller (generally /dev/tegra_dc_N), and one "control" node (generally /dev/tegra_dc_ctrl). Communication through these device nodes is done with special IOCTLs. There is also an event delivery mechanism; userspace can wait for and receive events with read() or poll(). The tegra_dc_N interface is stateful; each fresh open() of the device node creates a client instance. In order to prevent multiple processes from "fighting" for the hardware, only one client instance is permitted to control certain resources at a time, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Overview of tegra_dc_N IOCTLs: SET_NVMAP_FD: This is used to associate your nvmap client with this dc_ext client instance. This is necessary so that the kernel can appropriately enforce permissions on nvmap buffers. GET_WINDOW: A dc_ext client must call this on each window that it wishes to control. This strictly enforces a single dc_ext client on a window at a time. PUT_WINDOW: A dc_ext client may call this to release a window previously reserved with GET_WINDOW. FLIP: This ioctl is used to actually display an nvmap surface using one or more window. Each time a dc_ext client performs a FLIP, the request is put on a flip queue and executed asynchronously (the FLIP ioctl will return immediately). Various parameters are available in the tegra_dc_ext_flip structure. A dc_ext client may only use this on windows that it has previously reserved with a successful GET_WINDOW call. GET_CURSOR: This is analogous to GET_WINDOW, but for the hardware cursor instead of a window. PUT_CURSOR: This is analogous to PUT_WINDOW, but for the hardware cursor instead of a window. SET_CURSOR_IMAGE: This is used to change the hardware cursor image. May only be used by a client who has successfully performed a GET_CURSOR call. SET_CURSOR: This is used to actually place the hardware cursor on the screen. May only be used by a client who has successfully performed a GET_CURSOR call. SET_CSC: This may be used to set a color space conversion matrix on a window. A dc_ext client may only use this on windows that it has previously reserved with a successful GET_WINDOW call. GET_STATUS: This is used to retrieve general status about the dc. GET_VBLANK_SYNCPT: This is used to retrieve the auto-incrementing vblank syncpoint for the head associated with this dc. Overview of tegra_dc_ctrl IOCTLs: GET_NUM_OUTPUTS: This returns the number of available output devices on the system, which may exceed the number of display controllers. GET_OUTPUT_PROPERTIES: This returns data about the given output, such as what kind of output it is, whether it's currently associated with a head, etc. GET_OUTPUT_EDID: This returns the binary EDID read from the device connected to the given output, if any. SET_EVENT_MASK: A dc_ext client may call this ioctl with a bitmask of events that it wishes to receive. These events will then be available to that client on a subsequent read() on the same file descriptor.