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

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 01.02.22 um 09:36 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> 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.

I like this naming, but DRM_FORMAT_R8 is uapi already. :/ If anything, 
we could add Yn formats in addition to existing Rn formats.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 
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> 
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Thomas Zimmermann
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