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-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_device.h9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_device.h b/include/drm/drm_device.h
index d39132b477dd..a55874db9dd4 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_device.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_device.h
@@ -88,9 +88,12 @@ struct drm_device {
/**
* @dev_private:
*
- * DRM driver private data. Instead of using this pointer it is
- * recommended that drivers use drm_dev_init() and embed struct
- * &drm_device in their larger per-device structure.
+ * DRM driver private data. This is deprecated and should be left set to
+ * NULL.
+ *
+ * Instead of using this pointer it is recommended that drivers use
+ * drm_dev_init() and embed struct &drm_device in their larger
+ * per-device structure.
*/
void *dev_private;