[PATCH] drm/vc4: Use 16bpp by default for the fbdev buffer

[Maxime Ripard]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 03:02:45PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The preferred bpp for the fbdev emulation buffer has been 32 so far, which
> means that by default we will allocate an 8MB buffer with a 1920x1080
> resolution.
> 
> Worse this memory will be allocated from the CMA pool, and will never be
> freed even if we don't use the fbdev emulation. Therefore, reducing it is a
> big deal, and switching to 16bpp by default will gain us around 4MB at
> 1920x1080, while keeping decent color depth. And users still have the
> option to switch to 32bpp using the kernel command line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at bootlin.com>

Applied with Eric and Paul Reviewed-by

Maxime

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