Re: [PATCH 01/11] drm/fb-helper: do a generic fb_setcmap helper in terms of crtc .gamma_set

[Michel DÃnzer]

On 21/06/17 04:38 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 09:25:25PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> This makes the redundant fb helpers .load_lut, .gamma_set and .gamma_get
>> totally obsolete.
>>
>> I think the gamma_store can end up invalid on error. But the way I read
>> it, that can happen in drm_mode_gamma_set_ioctl as well, so why should
>> this pesky legacy fbdev stuff be any better?
>>
>> drm_fb_helper_save_lut_atomic justs saves the gamma lut for later. However,
>> it saves it to the gamma_store which should already be up to date with what
>> .gamma_get would return and is thus a nop. So, zap it.
> 
> Removing drm_fb_helper_save_lut_atomic should be a separate patch I
> think.
>  
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

>> @@ -1167,50 +1150,6 @@ void drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked);
>>  
>> -static int setcolreg(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 red, u16 green,
>> -		     u16 blue, u16 regno, struct fb_info *info)
>> -{
>> -	struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
>> -	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = fb_helper->fb;
>> -
>> -	if (info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR) {
> 
> This case here seems gone, and it was also the piÃce de rÃsistance when I
> tried tackling fbdev lut support. As far as I understand this stuff we do
> not support FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR palette, and all that bitshifting here is
> pointless. But I'm honestly not really clear.
> 
> I think removing this case should also be a separate patch, and I'd very
> much prefer that someone with some fbdev-clue would ack it.

No need for anyone with fbdev-clue, just run fbset -i. :) fbcon uses a
TRUECOLOR visual at depths > 8.


> It's a pre-existing bug, but should we also try to restore the fbdev lut
> in drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked()? Would be yet another bug,
> but might be relevant for your use-case. Just try to run both an fbdev
> application and some kms-native thing, and then SIGKILL the native kms
> app.
> 
> But since pre-existing not really required, and probably too much effort.

I suspect something like that indeed needs to be done though. E.g.
killing Xorg results in fbcon continuing to use the LUT set by Xorg.


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