[PATCH resend] drm: Add DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF flag to probed modes matching a video= argument
Emil Velikov
emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 13:47:00 UTC 2020
Hi Hans,
On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 at 17:33, Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> drm_helper_probe_add_cmdline_mode() prefers using a probed mode matching
> a video= argument over calculating our own timings for the user specified
> mode using CVT or GTF.
>
> But userspace code which is auto-configuring the mode may want to know that
> the user has specified that mode on the kernel commandline so that it can
> pick that mode over the mode which is marked as DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED.
>
> This commit sets the DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF flag on the matching mode, just
> as we would do on the user-specified mode when no matching probed mode is
> found.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
I was skimming around wrt Ville's compact drm_display_mode series and
noticed that this never landed.
The commit brings extra consistency when dealing with user defined
modes, and is:
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
Ville this may trivially conflict with your work. I suspect you can do
the honours, and apply on top of your series?
That is if you agree with the patch.
Thanks
Emil
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