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Linus Torvalds 2cfab8d74e Merge branch 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~keithp/linux
* 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~keithp/linux:
  drm/i915/dp: Dither down to 6bpc if it makes the mode fit
  drm/i915: enable semaphores on per-device defaults
  drm/i915: don't set unpin_work if vblank_get fails
  drm/i915: By default, enable RC6 on IVB and SNB when reasonable
  iommu: Export intel_iommu_enabled to signal when iommu is in use
  drm/i915/sdvo: Include LVDS panels for the IS_DIGITAL check
  drm/i915: prevent division by zero when asking for chipset power
  drm/i915: add PCH info to i915_capabilities
  drm/i915: set the right SDVO transcoder for CPT
  drm/i915: no-lvds quirk for ASUS AT5NM10T-I
  drm/i915: Treat pre-gen4 backlight duty cycle value consistently
  drm/i915: Hook up Ivybridge eDP
  drm/i915: add multi-threaded forcewake support
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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see:      *
*     http://dri.freedesktop.org/                          *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).

The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:

    1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
       the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.

    2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
       hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
       restricted regions of memory.

    3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
       queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
       switch.

    4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
       that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.


Documentation on the DRI is available from:
    http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/

For specific information about kernel-level support, see:

    The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
    Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html

    Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html

    A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html