fbdev,mm: Deferred IO and hecubafb driver

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+Deferred IO
+-----------
+
+Deferred IO is a way to delay and repurpose IO. It uses host memory as a
+buffer and the MMU pagefault as a pretrigger for when to perform the device
+IO. The following example may be a useful explaination of how one such setup
+works:
+
+- userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer
+- deferred IO and driver sets up nopage and page_mkwrite handlers
+- userspace app tries to write to mmaped vaddress
+- we get pagefault and reach nopage handler
+- nopage handler finds and returns physical page
+- we get page_mkwrite where we add this page to a list
+- schedule a workqueue task to be run after a delay
+- app continues writing to that page with no additional cost. this is
+  the key benefit.
+- the workqueue task comes in and mkcleans the pages on the list, then
+ completes the work associated with updating the framebuffer. this is
+  the real work talking to the device.
+- app tries to write to the address (that has now been mkcleaned)
+- get pagefault and the above sequence occurs again
+
+As can be seen from above, one benefit is roughly to allow bursty framebuffer
+writes to occur at minimum cost. Then after some time when hopefully things
+have gone quiet, we go and really update the framebuffer which would be
+a relatively more expensive operation.
+
+For some types of nonvolatile high latency displays, the desired image is
+the final image rather than the intermediate stages which is why it's okay
+to not update for each write that is occuring.
+
+It may be the case that this is useful in other scenarios as well. Paul Mundt
+has mentioned a case where it is beneficial to use the page count to decide
+whether to coalesce and issue SG DMA or to do memory bursts.
+
+Another one may be if one has a device framebuffer that is in an usual format,
+say diagonally shifting RGB, this may then be a mechanism for you to allow
+apps to pretend to have a normal framebuffer but reswizzle for the device
+framebuffer at vsync time based on the touched pagelist.
+
+How to use it: (for applications)
+---------------------------------
+No changes needed. mmap the framebuffer like normal and just use it.
+
+How to use it: (for fbdev drivers)
+----------------------------------
+The following example may be helpful.
+
+1. Setup your mmap and vm_ops structures. Eg:
+
+static struct fb_deferred_io hecubafb_defio = {
+	.delay		= HZ,
+	.deferred_io	= hecubafb_dpy_deferred_io,
+};
+
+The delay is the minimum delay between when the page_mkwrite trigger occurs
+and when the deferred_io callback is called. The deferred_io callback is
+explained below.
+
+static struct vm_operations_struct hecubafb_vm_ops = {
+	.nopage   	= hecubafb_vm_nopage,
+	.page_mkwrite	= fb_deferred_io_mkwrite,
+};
+
+You will need a nopage routine to find and retrive the struct page for your
+framebuffer pages. You must set page_mkwrite to fb_deferred_io_mkwrite.
+Here's the example nopage for hecubafb where it is a vmalloced framebuffer. 
+
+static int hecubafb_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	vma->vm_ops = &hecubafb_vm_ops;
+	vma->vm_flags |= ( VM_IO | VM_RESERVED | VM_DONTEXPAND );
+	vma->vm_private_data = info;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct page* hecubafb_vm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma, 
+					unsigned long vaddr, int *type)
+{
+	unsigned long offset;
+	struct page *page;
+	struct fb_info *info = vma->vm_private_data;
+
+	offset = (vaddr - vma->vm_start) + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (offset >= (DPY_W*DPY_H)/8)
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
+
+	page = vmalloc_to_page(info->screen_base + offset);
+	if (!page)
+		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+
+	get_page(page);
+	if (type)
+		*type = VM_FAULT_MINOR;
+	return page;
+}
+
+2. Setup your deferred IO callback. Eg:
+static void hecubafb_dpy_deferred_io(struct fb_info *info,
+				struct list_head *pagelist)
+
+The deferred_io callback is where you would perform all your IO to the display
+device. You receive the pagelist which is the list of pages that were written
+to during the delay. You must not modify this list. This callback is called
+from a workqueue. 
+
+3. Call init (done inside register_framebuffer)
+	info->fbdefio = &hecubafb_defio;
+
+	retval = register_framebuffer(info);
+
+4. Call cleanup (done inside unregister_framebuffer)
+		unregister_framebuffer(info);

index 8874cf2..a03c772 100644
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ config FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
 	  blitting. This is used by drivers that don't provide their own
 	  (accelerated) version.
 
+# used by hecubafb
+config FB_DEFERRED_IO
+	bool
+	depends on FB
+	default n
+
 config FB_SVGALIB
 	tristate
 	depends on FB

@@ -540,6 +546,20 @@ config FB_IMAC
 	help
 	  This is the frame buffer device driver for the Intel-based Macintosh
 
+config FB_HECUBA
+	tristate "Hecuba board support"
+	depends on FB && X86 && MMU
+	select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
+	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
+	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
+	select FB_DEFERRED_IO
+	help
+	  This enables support for the Hecuba board. This driver was tested 
+	  with an E-Ink 800x600 display and x86 SBCs through a 16 bit GPIO
+	  interface (8 bit data, 4 bit control). If you anticpate using
+	  this driver, say Y or M; otherwise say N. You must specify the
+	  GPIO IO address to be used for setting control and data.
+
 config FB_HGA
 	tristate "Hercules mono graphics support"
 	depends on FB && X86

index 6801edf..c36a323 100644
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT) += cfbimgblt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB)       += svgalib.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_MACMODES)      += macmodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_DDC)           += fb_ddc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO)   += fb_defio.o
 
 # Hardware specific drivers go first
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_AMIGA)            += amifb.o c2p.o

@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SGIVW)            += sgivwfb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_ACORN)            += acornfb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_ATARI)            += atafb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_MAC)              += macfb.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FB_HECUBA)           += hecubafb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_HGA)              += hgafb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_IGA)              += igafb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_APOLLO)           += dnfb.o