Re: [PATCH v9 1/5] drm/mediatek: ovl: Fix XRGB format breakage for blend_modes unsupported SoCs

From: CK Hu (胡俊光)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2024 - 23:52:12 EST


Hi, Jason:

On Mon, 2024-10-07 at 15:00 +0800, Jason-JH.Lin wrote:
> If the constant alpha always enable, the SoCs that is not supported the
> ignore pixel alpha bit will still use constant alpha. That will break
> the original constant alpha setting of XRGB foramt for blend_modes
> unsupported SoCs, such as MT8173.
>
> Note that ignore pixel alpha bit is suppored if the SoC support the
> blend_modes.
> Make the constatnt alpha only enable when having a vliad blend_mode or
> setting the has_alpha to fix the downgrade issue.

It's alpha blending enable, not constant alpha enable.

>
> Fixes: bc46eb5d5d77 ("drm/mediatek: Support DRM plane alpha in OVL")
> Signed-off-by: Jason-JH.Lin <jason-jh.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_disp_ovl.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_disp_ovl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_disp_ovl.c
> index 89b439dcf3a6..8453a72f9e59 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_disp_ovl.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_disp_ovl.c
> @@ -473,8 +473,14 @@ void mtk_ovl_layer_config(struct device *dev, unsigned int idx,
>
> con = ovl_fmt_convert(ovl, fmt, blend_mode);
> if (state->base.fb) {
> - con |= OVL_CON_AEN;
> con |= state->base.alpha & OVL_CON_ALPHA;
> +
> + /*
> + * For blend_modes supported SoCs, always enable constant alpha.
> + * For blend_modes unsupported SoCs, enable constant alpha when has_alpha is set.

It's alpha blending enable, not constant alpha enable.

Regards,
CK

> + */
> + if (blend_mode || state->base.fb->format->has_alpha)
> + con |= OVL_CON_AEN;
> }
>
> /* CONST_BLD must be enabled for XRGB formats although the alpha channel