[Freedreno] [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] drm: Introduce solid fill property for drm plane

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On 05/01/2023 01:40, Jessica Zhang wrote:
> Add support for solid_fill property to drm_plane. In addition, add
> support for setting and getting the values for solid_fill.
> 
> solid_fill holds data for supporting solid fill planes. The property
> accepts an RGB323232 value and the driver data is formatted as such:
> 
> struct drm_solid_fill {
> 	u32 r;
> 	u32 g;
> 	u32 b;
> };
> 
> To enable solid fill planes, userspace must assigned solid_fill to a
> property blob containing the following information:
> 
> struct drm_solid_fill_info {
> 	u8 version;
> 	u32 r, g, b;

BTW: should we add support for alpha too? DPU hardware supports using 
RGBA as a fill colour format, doesn't it?

But then we face the obvious question, how do we communicate to 
userspace if the hardware support RGB or RGBA?

> };
> 
> Changes in V2:
> - Changed solid_fill property to a property blob (Simon, Dmitry)
> - Added drm_solid_fill struct (Simon)
> - Added drm_solid_fill_info struct (Simon)
> 
> Changes in V3:
> - Corrected typo in drm_solid_fill struct documentation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Zhang <quic_jesszhan at quicinc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c |  9 ++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c         | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c               | 17 +++++++
>   include/drm/drm_blend.h                   |  1 +
>   include/drm/drm_plane.h                   | 43 +++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 129 insertions(+)

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With best wishes
Dmitry