From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
From: bugzilla-daemon-CC+yJ3UmIYqDUpFQwHEjaQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: [Bug 104509] New: Unable to set "Content Type" bit for
HDMI and DisplayPort
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:07:36 +0000
Message-ID:
Bug ID
104509
Summary
Unable to set "Content Type" bit for HDMI and Displ=
ayPort
Product
xorg
Version
unspecified
Hardware
All
OS
Linux (All)
Status
NEW
Severity
normal
Priority
medium
Component
Driver/nouveau
Assignee
nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter
nw9165-3201@yahoo.com
QA Contact
xorg-team@lists.x.org
Hi,
apparently the Intel HD Graphics driver for Windows has a "IT Content&=
quot; option
that can be either enabled or disabled, see following screenshot for exampl=
e:
https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_5855c2=
93ac26d.jpg
According to a post on the AVS Forum, enabling "IT Content" does =
the following:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-theater-computers/1477460=
-theory-about-intel-s-hdmi-quantization-range-setting-full-0-255-a-7.html#p=
ost24629922
> HDMI specs "IT Content" flag is set On=
in video stream.
>=20
> CEA-861:
> "In IT applications (e.g. involving bit mapped text),
> each pixel in the source=E2=80=99s frame buffer is most clearly
> displayed if it is directly mapped to a light-emitting pixel
> on the display device - such that adjacent pixels are
> completely independent and do not interact.
> The IT content bit indicates when picture content is
> composed according to common IT practice (i.e. without
> regard to Nyquist criterion) and is unsuitable for
> analog reconstruction or filtering. When the IT content bit
> is set to 1, downstream processors should pass
> pixel data unfiltered and without analog reconstruction."
Apparently there is no option for it on the nouveau Linux driver.
Can you please add an option to the nouveau Linux driver which allows to en=
able
the "IT Content" bit?
Regards