Re: [PATCH resend] drm: Add DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF flag to probed modes matching a video= argument

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On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 15:35, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 5/14/20 11:53 AM, Emil Velikov wrote:
> > Hi Hans,
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 15:55, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 4/30/20 4:52 PM, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 02:47:00PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> >>>> Hi Hans,
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 at 17:33, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> drm_helper_probe_add_cmdline_mode() prefers using a probed mode matching
> >>>>> a video= argument over calculating our own timings for the user specified
> >>>>> mode using CVT or GTF.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But userspace code which is auto-configuring the mode may want to know that
> >>>>> the user has specified that mode on the kernel commandline so that it can
> >>>>> pick that mode over the mode which is marked as DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This commit sets the DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF flag on the matching mode, just
> >>>>> as we would do on the user-specified mode when no matching probed mode is
> >>>>> found.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was skimming around wrt Ville's compact drm_display_mode series and
> >>>> noticed that this never landed.
> >>>>
> >>>> The commit brings extra consistency when dealing with user defined
> >>>> modes, and is:
> >>>> Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ville this may trivially conflict with your work. I suspect you can do
> >>>> the honours, and apply on top of your series?
> >>>> That is if you agree with the patch.
> >>>
> >>> Quick glance at the original thread says maybe there were still some
> >>> userspace issues unresolved? Not sure.
> >>
> >> IIRC the thread ended with Daniel agreeing on the userspace interface,
> >> but asking for some docs and me pointing out that the patch already
> >> updated/clarified the existing docs. After that things got quiet.
> >>
> >> So I believe that this is (still) ready to go upstream.
> >>
> > Having read through the full discussion, couple of times, I believe
> > you're spot on.
> >
> > Daniel requested documentation, which the patch provides. I'd say
> > let's poke him on IRC a few times, if he doesn't object let's push it?
>
> Sounds good to me, I'm usually not on IRC (too distracting for me), canyou
> ping Daniel about this on IRC?
>
I did a few minutes after posting my reply - 11:45. Few minutes later
(12:09) he seemed OK with it [1].
Merged to drm-misc-next.

Thanks
Emil
[1] https://people.freedesktop.org/~cbrill/dri-log/?channel=dri-devel&date=2020-05-14
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