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    xfree86: Detect the primary device by checking outputs · 5f7b25f7
    Jian-Hong Pan authored
    Before this patch, X server detects/sets the primary device by:
    1. The "PrimaryGPU" option in extra X configuration
    2. pci_device_is_boot_vga() for PCI devices
    3. Set the first (0 index) device as the primary device, if it is not
       found yet.
    
    However, the other display controllers like Amlogic's meson cannot be
    detected as the primary device by pci_device_is_boot_vga(). Thus, it has
    to set the extra X configuration for the "PrimaryGPU" option.
    Otherwise, X server will set the first (0 index) device as the primary
    device. But it may not be the correct one, because it has no output.
    For example, Amlogic puts the GPU and display controller as different
    devices:
    
    (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
    (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/platform/soc/d0000000.apb/d00c0000.gpu/drm/card0
    (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
    (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/platform/soc/d0100000.vpu/drm/card1
    
    This patch adds a new way to set the primary device by detecting the
    output connecters of devices in platform dev driver, before use the
    first platform device as a fallback. Get the amount of the device's
    connectors by referring to the check_outputs() function in modesetting
    driver.
    
    Buglink: xorg/xserver#1023
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@endlessm.com>
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