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From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Tianrui Zhao <zhaotianrui@loongson.cn>,
	David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
	chenhuacai@loongson.cn
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	wuqianhai@loongson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vga-switcheroo: Allow VGA_SWITCHEROO to be enabled on LoongArch
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:16:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5e547172-ac10-4a28-a584-9a385dbe2b80@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029013618.3558115-1-zhaotianrui@loongson.cn>

Hi

Am 29.10.26 um 02:36 schrieb Tianrui Zhao:
> LoongArch systems with hybrid graphics (integrated +
> discrete GPU) can benefit from the same GPU switching
> mechanism that x86 laptops use. Relax the dependency
> to allow VGA_SWITCHEROO to be built on LoongArch,
> consistent with the existing dependencies on ACPI,
> PCI, and FB=y.
>
> Change-Id: I84d38fdfe5e1591495fb3681474a7f1f64281fa8

Internal change ids should be remove before submitting patches.

> Signed-off-by: Tianrui Zhao <zhaotianrui@loongson.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig
> index bad4bcee313..89edd1211aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>   config VGA_SWITCHEROO
>   	bool "Laptop Hybrid Graphics - GPU switching support"
> -	depends on X86
> +	depends on X86 || LOONGARCH

I'm a bit skeptical if that's all there is to do.  Does loongarch really 
work with the existing handlers in the graphics drivers as-is?  See [1] 
for the interface that implements the actual switching.

[1] 
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.3/source/include/linux/vga_switcheroo.h#L93

Best regards
Thomas

>   	depends on ACPI
>   	depends on PCI
>   	depends on FB=y

-- 
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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Stefan Gaiser, Jochen Jaser, Abhinav Puri, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)



      reply	other threads:[~2026-10-29  8:16 UTC|newest]

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2026-10-29  1:36 Tianrui Zhao
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