Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] drm/tiny: add driver for Apple Touch Bars in x86 Macs

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 03:52:03PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> > On 24 Feb 2025, at 9:19 PM, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 03:39:56PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> >>>> On 24 Feb 2025, at 9:07 PM, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 03:20:13PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> >>>>>> On 24 Feb 2025, at 8:41 PM, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 03:03:40PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On 24 Feb 2025, at 8:27 PM, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 02:32:37PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On 24 Feb 2025, at 7:30 PM, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 01:40:20PM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:

...

> >>>>>>>>>> +#define __APPLETBDRM_MSG_STR4(str4) ((__le32 __force)((str4[0] << 24) | (str4[1] << 16) | (str4[2] << 8) | str4[3]))
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> As commented previously this is quite strange what's going on with endianess in
> >>>>>>>>> this driver. Especially the above weirdness when get_unaligned_be32() is being
> >>>>>>>>> open coded and force-cast to __le32.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I would assume it was also mimicked from the Windows driver, though I haven't
> >>>>>>>> really tried exploring this there.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I’d rather be happy if you give me code change suggestions and let me review
> >>>>>>>> and test them
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> For the starter I would do the following for all related constants and
> >>>>>>> drop that weird and ugly macros at the top (it also has an issue with
> >>>>>>> the str4 length as it is 5 bytes long, not 4, btw):
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> #define APPLETBDRM_MSG_CLEAR_DISPLAY cpu_to_le32(0x434c5244) /* CLRD */
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Lemme test this.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Just in case it won't work, reverse bytes in the integer. Because I was lost in
> >>>>> this conversion.
> >>>> 
> >>>> It works. What I understand is that you used the macro to get the final hex
> >>>> and converted it into little endian, which on the x86 macs would technically
> >>>> remain the same.
> >> 
> >> The Macro is just converting the letters into their hex form, but simply
> >> calculating them and putting the letters in comments is equally good.
> > 
> > Again, it does it in most confusing and weird way. Just kill it.
> 
> #define APPLETBDRM_PIXEL_FORMAT		cpu_to_le32(0x52474241) /* RGBA, the actual format is BGR888 */
> #define APPLETBDRM_BITS_PER_PIXEL	24
> 
> #define APPLETBDRM_MSG_CLEAR_DISPLAY	cpu_to_le32(0x434c5244) /* CLRD */
> #define APPLETBDRM_MSG_GET_INFORMATION	cpu_to_le32(0x47494e46) /* GINF */
> #define APPLETBDRM_MSG_UPDATE_COMPLETE	cpu_to_le32(0x5544434c) /* UDCL */
> #define APPLETBDRM_MSG_SIGNAL_READINESS	cpu_to_le32(0x52454459) /* REDY */
> 
> This should be good.

Yep, way better than the original code!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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