Hi,

On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 07:17:21PM +0200, Werner Sembach wrote:
> Add a new general drm property "active bpc" which can be used by graphic drivers
> to report the applied bit depth per pixel back to userspace.

Just a heads up, we'll need an open source project that has accepted it
before merging it.

See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/drm-uapi.html#open-source-userspace-requirements

> While "max bpc" can be used to change the color depth, there was no way to check
> which one actually got used. While in theory the driver chooses the best/highest
> color depth within the max bpc setting a user might not be fully aware what his
> hardware is or isn't capable off. This is meant as a quick way to double check
> the setup.
> 
> In the future, automatic color calibration for screens might also depend on this
> information available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c |  2 ++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c   | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_connector.h       | 15 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
> index 268bb69c2e2f..7ae4e40936b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
> @@ -873,6 +873,8 @@ drm_atomic_connector_get_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
>  		*val = 0;
>  	} else if (property == connector->max_bpc_property) {
>  		*val = state->max_requested_bpc;
> +	} else if (property == connector->active_bpc_property) {
> +		*val = state->active_bpc;
>  	} else if (connector->funcs->atomic_get_property) {
>  		return connector->funcs->atomic_get_property(connector,
>  				state, property, val);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> index 7631f76e7f34..5f42a5be5822 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> @@ -1195,6 +1195,13 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[] = {
>   *	drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property() to create and attach the
>   *	property to the connector during initialization.
>   *
> + * active bpc:
> + *	This read-only range property is used by userspace check the bit depth
> + *	actually applied by the GPU driver after evaluation all hardware

                                ^ display

Depending on the system, the display component might have a GPU attached
or not, and the GPU might have a display component or not.

> + *	capabilities and max bpc. Drivers to use the function
> + *	drm_connector_attach_active_bpc_property() to create and attach the
> + *	property to the connector during initialization.
> + *
>   * Connectors also have one standardized atomic property:
>   *
>   * CRTC_ID:
> @@ -2150,6 +2157,39 @@ int drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property);
>  
> +/**
> + * drm_connector_attach_active_bpc_property - attach "active bpc" property
> + * @connector: connector to attach active bpc property on.
> + * @min: The minimum bit depth supported by the connector.
> + * @max: The maximum bit depth supported by the connector.
> + *
> + * This is used to check the applied bit depth on a connector.
> + *
> + * Returns:
> + * Zero on success, negative errno on failure.
> + */
> +int drm_connector_attach_active_bpc_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
> +					  int min, int max)
> +{
> +	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
> +	struct drm_property *prop;
> +
> +	prop = connector->active_bpc_property;
> +	if (!prop) {
> +		prop = drm_property_create_range(dev, 0, "active bpc", min, max);
> +		if (!prop)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		connector->active_bpc_property = prop;
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base, prop, 0);
> +	connector->state->active_bpc = 0;

I guess we want to default to 8?

Maxime