Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] drm: Add driver for Solomon SSD130x OLED displays

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Mar 09 2022 - 15:14:54 EST


Hello Geert,

On 3/9/22 21:04, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

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>> +
>> + /* Last page may be partial */
>> + if (8 * (i + 1) > ssd130x->height)
>> + m = ssd130x->height % 8;
>> + for (j = x; j < x + width; j++) {
>> + u8 data = 0;
>> +
>> + for (k = 0; k < m; k++) {
>> + u8 byte = buf[(8 * i + k) * line_length + j / 8];
>
> As buf does not point to (0, 0), the above is not correct if rect.x1 !=
> 0 or rect.y1 != 0. After fixing that, writing more than one text line
> to the console works, but I still see an issue with updates where the
> rectangle size and/or position are not aligned to 8 pixels horizontally.
> Will do more investigation, and send fixes...
>

Right, I believe this is a consequence of introducing shadow buffers at
some point and not adjusting the logic in this function.

Thanks a lot for tracking down the issues and working on fixes for them!
--
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat