On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Michel Dänzer <michel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 18/04/17 07:14 PM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>>>> Quite true that this proves nothing. However one should note that >>>>> fbcon -> fbdev works, >>>> >>>> BTW, this supports Gerd's patch, since the KMS fbdev emulation code uses >>>> e.g. DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 for depth/bpp 24/32, and the fbdev API uses >>>> native endian packed colour values. >>> >>> Same is true for DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB, with depth/bpp 24/32 you'll get >>> DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 (only DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB2 allows userspace specify >>> fourcc formats directly). >> >> Right, and since all major Xorg drivers use DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ADDFB, >> they're effectively using DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 as native endianness as well. > > In the meanwhile, it has been pointed out to me that pre-nv50 display > code actually doesn't use DRM_FORMAT_* at all -- it uses some helpers > which end up advertising XR24 / AR24. However from what I can tell, > that's not a well-reasoned selection. Either way, I'm going to test > Gerd's patch, hopefully during the week, or weekend at the latest. My > current suspicion is that it will have no effect on nouveau either > way. We'll find out. (And as Michel points out, the patch doesn't actually touch anything, just comments. I originally thought it changed format -> fourcc mapping.) _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
