[RFC PATCH v2 0/3] Add support modifiers for drivers whose planes only support linear layout

[Esaki Tomohito]

Hi Daniel-san,

Thank you for your comments.

On 2022/01/13 22:44, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hi Esaki-san,
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 09:44, Tomohito Esaki <etom at igel.co.jp> wrote:
>> Some drivers whose planes only support linear layout fb do not support format
>> modifiers.
>> These drivers should support modifiers, however the DRM core should handle this
>> rather than open-coding in every driver.
>>
>> In this patch series, these drivers expose format modifiers based on the
>> following suggestion[1].
> 
> Thanks for the series, it looks like the right thing to do.
> 
> Can you please change the patch ordering though? At the moment there
> will be a bisection break at patch #1, because the legacy drivers will
> suddenly start gaining modifier support, before it is removed in patch
> #2.
> 
> I think a better order would be:
>    1: add fb_modifiers_not_supported flag to core and drivers
>    2: add default modifiers (and set allow_fb_modifiers) if
> fb_modifiers_not_supported flag is not set
>    3: remove allow_fb_modifiers flag
> 
I agree to your proposal.
I will fix these patches.

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