Re: [PATCH] drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix preference of RGB modes over YUV420

From: Robert Foss
Date: Tue Nov 29 2022 - 06:09:37 EST


On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 at 15:35, Guillaume BRUN <the.cheaterman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Cheap monitors sometimes advertise YUV modes they don't really have
> (HDMI specification mandates YUV support so even monitors without actual
> support will often wrongfully advertise it) which results in YUV matches
> and user forum complaints of a red tint to light colour display areas in
> common desktop environments.
>
> Moving the default RGB fall-back before YUV selection results in RGB
> mode matching in most cases, reducing complaints.
>
> Fixes: 6c3c719936da ("drm/bridge: synopsys: dw-hdmi: add bus format negociation")
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume BRUN <the.cheaterman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
> index 40d8ca37f5bc..aa51c61a78c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
> @@ -2720,6 +2720,9 @@ static u32 *dw_hdmi_bridge_atomic_get_output_bus_fmts(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
> * if supported. In any case the default RGB888 format is added
> */
>
> + /* Default 8bit RGB fallback */
> + output_fmts[i++] = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24;
> +
> if (max_bpc >= 16 && info->bpc == 16) {
> if (info->color_formats & DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR444)
> output_fmts[i++] = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV16_1X48;
> @@ -2753,9 +2756,6 @@ static u32 *dw_hdmi_bridge_atomic_get_output_bus_fmts(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
> if (info->color_formats & DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR444)
> output_fmts[i++] = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV8_1X24;
>
> - /* Default 8bit RGB fallback */
> - output_fmts[i++] = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24;
> -
> *num_output_fmts = i;
>
> return output_fmts;
> --
> 2.37.3
>

Reviewed-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@xxxxxxxxxx>