Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] drm/fourcc: Add DRM_FORMAT_Y8

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jan 15 2025 - 05:32:13 EST


Hi Tomi,

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM Tomi Valkeinen
<tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add greyscale Y8 format.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> @@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ extern "C" {
> #define DRM_FORMAT_YUV444 fourcc_code('Y', 'U', '2', '4') /* non-subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes */
> #define DRM_FORMAT_YVU444 fourcc_code('Y', 'V', '2', '4') /* non-subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes */
>
> +/* Greyscale formats */
> +
> +#define DRM_FORMAT_Y8 fourcc_code('G', 'R', 'E', 'Y') /* 8-bit Y-only */

I don't think you need this. We already have:

/* 8 bpp Red (direct relationship between channel value and brightness) */
#define DRM_FORMAT_R8 fourcc_code('R', '8', ' ', ' ') /*
[7:0] R */

See also commit 8aba4d30520ed656 ("drm/fourcc: Clarify the meaning of
single-channel "red"").

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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