[PATCH 5/8] drm/client: Convert drm_mode_create_dumb() to drm_mode_addfb2()

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Fri Jul 14 11:01:16 UTC 2023


On Thursday, July 13th, 2023 at 15:17, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> Currently drm_client_buffer_addfb() uses the legacy drm_mode_addfb(),
> which uses bpp and depth to guess the wanted buffer format.
> However, drm_client_buffer_addfb() already knows the exact buffer
> format, so there is no need to convert back and forth between buffer
> format and bpp/depth, and the function can just call drm_mode_addfb2()
> directly instead.

By any chance, is the commit message wrong? The title refers to
drm_mode_create_dumb(), but the description and code refer to
drm_client_buffer_addfb().


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