Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hello Geert,
Thanks a lot for your patch.
> Due to the reuse of buffers, ssd130x_clear_screen() no longers clears
> the screen, but merely redraws the last image that is residing in the
> intermediate buffer.
>
> As there is no point in clearing the intermediate buffer and transposing
> an all-black image, fix this by just clearing the HW format buffer, and
> writing it to the panel.
>
> Fixes: 49d7d581ceaf4cf8 ("drm/ssd130x: Don't allocate buffers on each plane update")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ssd130x_clear_screen() is only called from
> ssd130x_primary_plane_helper_atomic_disable(), but this never happens on
> my system.
>
AFAIU this should be called if the outputs get disabled.
> Tested by adding some extra calls to ssd130x_clear_screen() at regular
> intervals.
>
> v2:
> - New.
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/solomon/ssd130x.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
The change makes sense to me.
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
