From: Caleb Connolly <caleb@connolly.tech>
To: dri-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: martijn@brixit.nl, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
~postmarketos/upstreaming@lists.sr.ht
Subject: Display notch support
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:47:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8747f99-0695-5be0-841f-4f72ba5d5da3@connolly.tech> (raw)
With many more non-desktop form factor devices landing in the kernel,
we're starting to run up against some limitations. Notably devices with
display notches, cutouts and rounded corners.
Given that the DRI subsystem already deals with physical display
properties like panel orientation which is fixed in device tree, it
would make sense to also define other properties like parts of the
display which are obscured there too. This can then be read by desktop
environments and UI elements can be suitably adjusted.
Android already deals with non-square displays, however they also keep
the device configuration in userspace:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/display-cutout
A solution to make this configuration generic and exposed by the kernel
would standardise this across Linux and potentially Android too which
would be extremely beneficial to the mobile Linux community at large.
Does this seem like a feasible solution to solving the notch problem and
avoiding a situation where every compositor have their own method of
describing cutouts and rounded corners?
Regards,
Caleb
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-27 20:47 Caleb Connolly [this message]
2021-04-28 7:21 ` Display notch support Simon Ser
2021-04-28 7:44 ` Pekka Paalanen
2021-04-28 7:51 ` Simon Ser
2021-04-28 12:01 ` Daniel Vetter
2021-04-28 12:18 ` Jani Nikula
2021-05-03 12:13 ` Caleb Connolly
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