[RFC PATCH v3 06/23] drm/doc/rfc: Describe why prescriptive color pipeline is needed

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 11:36:25 -0500
Harry Wentland <harry.wentland at amd.com> wrote:

> v3:
>  - Describe DRM_CLIENT_CAP_PLANE_COLOR_PIPELINE (Sebastian)
>  - Ask for clear documentation of colorop behavior (Sebastian)
> 
> v2:
>  - Update colorop visualizations to match reality (Sebastian, Alex Hung)
>  - Updated wording (Pekka)
>  - Change BYPASS wording to make it non-mandatory (Sebastian)
>  - Drop cover-letter-like paragraph from COLOR_PIPELINE Plane Property
>    section (Pekka)
>  - Use PQ EOTF instead of its inverse in Pipeline Programming example (Melissa)
>  - Add "Driver Implementer's Guide" section (Pekka)
>  - Add "Driver Forward/Backward Compatibility" section (Sebastian, Pekka)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland at amd.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gpu/rfc/color_pipeline.rst | 352 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 352 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/rfc/color_pipeline.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/color_pipeline.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/color_pipeline.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..efc70570a592
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/color_pipeline.rst

...

> +An example of a drm_colorop object might look like one of these::
> +
> +    /* 1D enumerated curve */
> +    Color operation 42
> +    ├─ "TYPE": immutable enum {1D enumerated curve, 1D LUT, 3x3 matrix, 3x4 matrix, 3D LUT, etc.} = 1D enumerated curve
> +    ├─ "BYPASS": bool {true, false}
> +    ├─ "CURVE_1D_TYPE": enum {sRGB EOTF, sRGB inverse EOTF, PQ EOTF, PQ inverse EOTF, …}
> +    └─ "NEXT": immutable color operation ID = 43

If TYPE is a range, then all examples like this need fixing.


Thanks,
pq
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