[PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Tue Feb 1 08:36:55 UTC 2022


Hi Simon,

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 9:34 AM Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 at 09:26, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > What's the story with the Rn formats?
> >
> > The comments say "n bpp Red", while this is a monochrome (even
> > inverted) display?
>
> I don't think the color matters that much. "Red" was picked just because it was
> an arbitrary color, to make the difference with e.g. C8. Or am I mistaken?

I'd expect 8-bit grayscale to be Y8 instead.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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