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* [PATCH v2 00/10] drm: Add support for low-color frame buffer formats
@ 2022-03-07 20:52 Geert Uytterhoeven
  2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] drm/fourcc: Add drm_format_info_bpp() helper Geert Uytterhoeven
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2022-03-07 20:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Maarten Lankhorst, Maxime Ripard, Thomas Zimmermann,
	David Airlie, Daniel Vetter, Javier Martinez Canillas,
	Sam Ravnborg, Helge Deller
  Cc: dri-devel, linux-fbdev, linux-m68k, linux-kernel, Geert Uytterhoeven

	Hi all,

A long outstanding issue with the DRM subsystem has been the lack of
support for low-color displays, as used typically on older desktop
systems, and on small embedded displays.

This patch series adds support for color-indexed frame buffer formats
with 2, 4, and 16 colors.  It has been tested on ARAnyM using a
work-in-progress Atari DRM driver supporting 2, 4, 16, and 256 colors,
with text console operation, fbtest, and modetest.

Overview:
  - Patch 1 introduces a helper, to be used by later patches in the
    series,
  - Patch 2 introduces a flag to indicate color-indexed formats,
  - Patches 3 and 4 correct calculations of bits per pixel for sub-byte
    pixel formats,
  - Patches 5 and 6 introduce the new C[124] formats,
  - Patch 7 fixes an untested code path,
  - Patch 8 documents the use of "red" for light-on-dark displays,
  - Patches 9 and 10 add more fourcc codes for light-on-dark and
    dark-on-light frame buffer formats, which may be useful for e.g. the
    ssd130x and repaper drivers.

Changes compared to v1[1]:
  - Reshuffle patches,
  - New patch "[PATCH v2 02/10] drm/fourcc: Add
    drm_format_info.is_color_indexed flag",
  - Improve pixel descriptions,
  - Require depth to match bpp in drm_mode_legacy_fb_format(),
  - Set .is_color_indexed flag.
  - Use drm_format_info_bpp() helper instead of deprecated .depth field
    or format-dependent calculations,
  - Use new .is_color_indexed field instead of checking against a list
    of formats,
  - Add Acked-by,
  - Replace FIXME by TODO comment,
  - New patch "[PATCH v2 08/10] [RFC] drm/fourcc: Document that
    single-channel "red" can be any color",
  - Add rationale for adding new formats,
  - Add D[248] for completeness.

Notes:
  - Using modetest with the C4 formats requires [2].
  - Using modetest with the default XR24 format requires [3].
  - As this was used on emulated hardware only, and I do not have Atari
    hardware, I do not have performance figures to compare with fbdev.
    I hope to do proper measuring with an Amiga DRM driver, eventually.

Thanks for your comments!

[1] "[PATCH 0/8] drm: Add support for low-color frame buffer formats"
    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220215165226.2738568-1-geert@linux-m68k.org/
[2] "[PATCH libdrm 0/3] Add support for low-color frame buffer formats"
    https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1646683737.git.geert@linux-m68k.org
[3] "[PATCH RFC libdrm 0/2] Big-endian fixes"
    https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1646684158.git.geert@linux-m68k.org

Geert Uytterhoeven (10):
  drm/fourcc: Add drm_format_info_bpp() helper
  drm/fourcc: Add drm_format_info.is_color_indexed flag
  drm/client: Use actual bpp when allocating frame buffers
  drm/framebuffer: Use actual bpp for DRM_IOCTL_MODE_GETFB
  drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_C[124]
  drm/fb-helper: Add support for DRM_FORMAT_C[124]
  [RFC] drm/gem-fb-helper: Use actual bpp for size calculations
  [RFC] drm/fourcc: Document that single-channel "red" can be any color
  [RFC] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_R[124]
  [RFC] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_D[1248]

 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c                 |   4 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c              | 101 ++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c                 |  55 +++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c            |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c |  12 +--
 include/drm/drm_fourcc.h                     |   4 +
 include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h                |  36 +++++--
 7 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.1

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

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2022-03-09 12:46   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] drm/fourcc: Add drm_format_info.is_color_indexed flag Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 12:50   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] drm/client: Use actual bpp when allocating frame buffers Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 12:51   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] drm/framebuffer: Use actual bpp for DRM_IOCTL_MODE_GETFB Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 12:53   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_C[124] Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-08  9:04   ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-09 12:57   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-14 13:30   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-14 15:05     ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-14 19:01       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-14 22:15         ` Finn Thain
2022-03-15  7:32           ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-15  7:51             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-15  7:52               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-15  8:45               ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-15  8:57                 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-15 10:48                   ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] drm/fb-helper: Add support for DRM_FORMAT_C[124] Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 13:10   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-09 13:14     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 07/10] drm/gem-fb-helper: Use actual bpp for size calculations Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 13:16   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 08/10] drm/fourcc: Document that single-channel "red" can be any color Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-08  9:06   ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-03-09 13:33   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 09/10] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_R[124] Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 13:39   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-07 20:52 ` [PATCH v2 RFC 10/10] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_D[1248] Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-09 13:41   ` Javier Martinez Canillas

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