[PATCH resend] drm: Add DRM_MODE_TYPE_USERDEF flag to probed modes matching a video= argument

[Ville Syrjälä]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 02:47:00PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> 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.

Quick glance at the original thread says maybe there were still some
userspace issues unresolved? Not sure.

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Ville Syrjälä
Intel