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diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index a8176a836e25..629a5fe075b3 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -90,14 +90,7 @@ struct drm_plane_helper_funcs;
* @plane_mask: bitmask of (1 << drm_plane_index(plane)) of attached planes
* @connector_mask: bitmask of (1 << drm_connector_index(connector)) of attached connectors
* @encoder_mask: bitmask of (1 << drm_encoder_index(encoder)) of attached encoders
- * @adjusted_mode: for use by helpers and drivers to compute adjusted mode timings
- * @mode: current mode timings
* @mode_blob: &drm_property_blob for @mode
- * @degamma_lut: Lookup table for converting framebuffer pixel data
- * before apply the conversion matrix
- * @ctm: Transformation matrix
- * @gamma_lut: Lookup table for converting pixel data after the
- * conversion matrix
* @state: backpointer to global drm_atomic_state
*
* Note that the distinction between @enable and @active is rather subtile:
@@ -136,17 +129,62 @@ struct drm_crtc_state {
u32 connector_mask;
u32 encoder_mask;
- /* adjusted_mode: for use by helpers and drivers */
+ /**
+ * @adjusted_mode:
+ *
+ * Internal display timings which can be used by the driver to handle
+ * differences between the mode requested by userspace in @mode and what
+ * is actually programmed into the hardware. It is purely driver
+ * implementation defined what exactly this adjusted mode means. Usually
+ * it is used to store the hardware display timings used between the
+ * CRTC and encoder blocks.
+ */
struct drm_display_mode adjusted_mode;
+ /**
+ * @mode:
+ *
+ * Display timings requested by userspace. The driver should try to
+ * match the refresh rate as close as possible (but note that it's
+ * undefined what exactly is close enough, e.g. some of the HDMI modes
+ * only differ in less than 1% of the refresh rate). The active width
+ * and height as observed by userspace for positioning planes must match
+ * exactly.
+ *
+ * For external connectors where the sink isn't fixed (like with a
+ * built-in panel), this mode here should match the physical mode on the
+ * wire to the last details (i.e. including sync polarities and
+ * everything).
+ */
struct drm_display_mode mode;
/* blob property to expose current mode to atomic userspace */
struct drm_property_blob *mode_blob;
- /* blob property to expose color management to userspace */
+ /**
+ * @degamma_lut:
+ *
+ * Lookup table for converting framebuffer pixel data before apply the
+ * color conversion matrix @ctm. See drm_crtc_enable_color_mgmt(). The
+ * blob (if not NULL) is an array of &struct drm_color_lut.
+ */
struct drm_property_blob *degamma_lut;
+
+ /**
+ * @ctm:
+ *
+ * Color transformation matrix. See drm_crtc_enable_color_mgmt(). The
+ * blob (if not NULL) is a &struct drm_color_ctm.
+ */
struct drm_property_blob *ctm;
+
+ /**
+ * @gamma_lut:
+ *
+ * Lookup table for converting pixel data after the color conversion
+ * matrix @ctm. See drm_crtc_enable_color_mgmt(). The blob (if not
+ * NULL) is an array of &struct drm_color_lut.
+ */
struct drm_property_blob *gamma_lut;
/**
@@ -176,7 +214,9 @@ struct drm_crtc_state {
* atomic commit. In that case the event can be send out any time
* after the hardware has stopped scanning out the current
* framebuffers. It should contain the timestamp and counter for the
- * last vblank before the display pipeline was shut off.
+ * last vblank before the display pipeline was shut off. The simplest
+ * way to achieve that is calling drm_crtc_send_vblank_event()
+ * somewhen after drm_crtc_vblank_off() has been called.
*
* - For a CRTC which is enabled at the end of the commit (even when it
* undergoes an full modeset) the vblank timestamp and counter must
@@ -313,6 +353,12 @@ struct drm_crtc_funcs {
*
* This callback is optional.
*
+ * Atomic drivers who want to support gamma tables should implement the
+ * atomic color management support, enabled by calling
+ * drm_crtc_enable_color_mgmt(), which then supports the legacy gamma
+ * interface through the drm_atomic_helper_legacy_gamma_set()
+ * compatibility implementation.
+ *
* NOTE:
*
* Drivers that support gamma tables and also fbdev emulation through