Re: [PATCHv2 2/5] drm/imx: Add 8 pixel alignment fix

From: Philipp Zabel
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 11:19:03 EST


Hi Sebastian,

On Thu, 2021-04-29 at 00:29 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Some standard resolutions like 1366x768 do not work properly with
> i.MX6 SoCs, since the horizontal resolution needs to be aligned
> to 8 pixels (so 1360x768 or 1368x768 would work).
>
> This patch allocates framebuffers allocated to 8 pixels. The extra
> time required to send the extra pixels are removed from the blank
> time. In order to expose the correct display size to userspace,
> the stride is increased without increasing the width.
>
> Without this patch systems with this display resolution hang
> indefinitely during boot up.
>
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you, I've rebased and applied this patch on top of imx-drm/next.

regards
Philipp