drm: Enforce unlocked ioctl operation for kms driver ioctls

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / DocBook / drm.tmpl

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 8d0cbf10cbba6d017be84d48c1648ead6aa0455e..2bc6c80065ce3c5262dc73a09b8a7033b97b4e96 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -3684,7 +3684,9 @@ int num_ioctls;</synopsis>
            </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para>
              DRM_UNLOCKED - The ioctl handler will be called without locking
-             the DRM global mutex
+             the DRM global mutex. This is the enforced default for kms drivers
+             (i.e. using the DRIVER_MODESET flag) and hence shouldn't be used
+             any more for new drivers.
            </para></listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </para>