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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index 167c8d3d4a31..2c9a2b6f7a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -715,7 +715,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_unref);
*
* Register the DRM device @dev with the system, advertise device to user-space
* and start normal device operation. @dev must be allocated via drm_dev_alloc()
- * previously.
+ * previously. Right after drm_dev_register() the driver should call
+ * drm_connector_register_all() to register all connectors in sysfs. This is
+ * a separate call for backward compatibility with drivers still using
+ * the deprecated ->load() callback, where connectors are registered from within
+ * the ->load() callback.
*
* Never call this twice on any device!
*