Re: [PATCH] drm/ingenic: ipu: Search for scaling coefs up to 102% of the screen

From: Paul Cercueil
Date: Tue Nov 10 2020 - 03:50:38 EST


Hi,

Le sam. 7 nov. 2020 à 20:33, Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
Hi Paul.

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 08:39:05AM +0000, Paul Cercueil wrote:
Increase the scaled image's theorical width/height until we find a
configuration that has valid scaling coefficients, up to 102% of the
screen's resolution. This makes sure that we can scale from almost
every resolution possible at the cost of a very small distorsion.
The CRTC_W / CRTC_H are not modified.

This algorithm was already in place but would not try to go above the
screen's resolution, and as a result would only work if the CRTC_W /
CRTC_H were smaller than the screen resolution. It will now try until it
reaches 102% of the screen's resolution.

Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks like the patch does what the descriptions says.
So in other words - look OK to me. I am not confident enogh for a r-b
but my code reading is enough to warrant an a-b:
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Note that this algorithm exists mostly as a band-aid for a missing functionality: it is not possible for userspace to request the closest mode that would encapsulate the provided one, because the GEM buffer is created beforehand. If there was a way to let the kernel tweak the mode, I could write a better algorithm that would result in a better looking picture.

Cheers,
-Paul