[PATCH 2/2] drm: Redefine pixel formats

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mit, 2011-11-16 at 20:42 +0200, ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com wrote: 
> 
> Name the formats as DRM_FORMAT_X instead of DRM_FOURCC_X. Use consistent
> names, especially for the RGB formats. Component order and byte order are
> now strictly specified for each format.
> 
> The RGB format naming follows a convention where the components names
> and sizes are listed from left to right, matching the order within a
> single pixel from most significant bit to least significant bit. Lower
> case letters are used when listing the components to improve
> readablility. I believe this convention matches the one used by pixman.

The RGB formats are all defined in the CPU native byte order. But e.g.
pre-R600 Radeons can only scan out little endian formats. For the
framebuffer device, we use GPU byte swapping facilities to make the
pixels appear to the CPU in its native byte order, so these format
definitions make sense for that. But I'm not sure they make sense for
the KMS APIs, e.g. the userspace drivers don't use these facilities but
handle byte swapping themselves.


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