[PATCH RFC v4 12/13] drm/client: splash: prefer what the command line asks for

From: Màxim Pedraza Padilla

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 16:05:13 EST


A logo or a colour given on the kernel command line was asked for this
very boot: a bootloader that picks the product variant from an EEPROM
and passes it along, a developer, or a production line that turns the
screen red when a test fails. The device tree, the BGRT and the kernel's
defaults describe what the board or the build normally wants. Let the
command line win, as console= wins over stdout-path.

Each parameter wins for what it says, and only when it is given, so
none has a default of its own:

- drm_client_lib.splash_bmp names a BMP to load as firmware, preferred
over the device tree and the BGRT. Without it the order is unchanged:
device tree, BGRT, then "drm_splash.bmp" loaded as firmware. An empty
value counts as not given. A file that is named but missing gives no
image rather than falling back, since it is what was asked for.

- drm_client_lib.splash_bmp=none asks for no image at all: only the
background is drawn, whatever the other sources have.

- drm_client_lib.splash_pos=X,Y, splash_offset=DX,DY and
splash_rotation=0|90|180|270 place and turn the image with the same
meaning as the device tree properties, whatever the image's source.
A BMP loaded as firmware has no other way to be placed or turned, and
for the others they let a placement be tried without rebuilding a
device tree. Positions take both values or are ignored with a
warning. When they place a BGRT image, it is placed in screen pixels
like any other, and neither the table offsets nor the efifb sanity
check apply.

- drm_client_lib.splash_color sets the background whatever the image.
Without it the colour comes from the source that supplied the image,
a device tree node's "background-color", and otherwise from
CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR. A device tree colour is not
used around an image named on the command line: it belongs to another
image.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Màxim Pedraza Padilla <maximpedraza@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig | 20 ++--
drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
index f471019bab87..2a374bea370b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
@@ -105,11 +105,9 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR
help
The default splash background color, in RGB888 format.

- The background color comes from the same place as the image. A
- device tree image can carry its own, and the drm_client_lib.splash_color
- kernel command line parameter sets it for a BMP loaded as firmware,
- or for the whole screen when there is no image. This color is used
- otherwise, and always with the BGRT image, which carries none.
+ The drm_client_lib.splash_color kernel command line parameter, when
+ given, is used whatever the image. Otherwise a device tree image can
+ carry its own color, and this one is used for everything else.

config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_DT
bool "Device tree as splash source"
@@ -123,8 +121,9 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_DT
show a different logo on each board or product, chosen by the
device tree it boots with.

- When present, the device tree image is preferred over the other
- sources.
+ When present, the device tree image is preferred over the BGRT and
+ over the default BMP loaded as firmware. A BMP named on the kernel
+ command line is preferred over it.

config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT
bool "EFI BGRT as splash source"
@@ -150,9 +149,10 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP

The image will be loaded using the firmware loading facility the
kernel provides; it shall use 24 bits per pixel and shall not be
- compressed. The name of the file can be set through the
- drm_client_lib.splash_bmp command line parameter, with the default
- being 'drm_splash.bmp'.
+ compressed. A file named through the drm_client_lib.splash_bmp
+ command line parameter is preferred over any other image source;
+ otherwise 'drm_splash.bmp' is used when neither the device tree nor
+ the BGRT provides an image.

config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BMP_SUPPORT
bool
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
index 34f3c3910be1..8d056edfee56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
@@ -40,18 +40,90 @@
* a static image.
*/

-static unsigned int splash_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
-module_param(splash_color, uint, 0400);
+/*
+ * What is given on the command line wins over the device tree and the
+ * firmware tables, and each parameter only for what it says. Neither has a
+ * value of its own until it is given: -1 and NULL mean "not given".
+ */
+static int splash_color = -1;
+module_param(splash_color, int, 0400);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_color,
- "Background color (RGB888) around the BMP loaded as firmware, or of the whole screen with no image");
+ "Background color as 0xRRGGBB, preferred over any other");
+
+static int splash_pos[2];
+static unsigned int splash_pos_n;
+module_param_array(splash_pos, int, &splash_pos_n, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_pos,
+ "Image position as X,Y in screen pixels, -1 centres that axis");
+
+static int splash_offset[2];
+static unsigned int splash_offset_n;
+module_param_array(splash_offset, int, &splash_offset_n, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_offset,
+ "Displacement as DX,DY in screen pixels, added after placing");
+
+static int splash_rotation = -1;
+module_param(splash_rotation, int, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_rotation,
+ "Image rotation in degrees counter clockwise: 0, 90, 180 or 270");

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP)
#define DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP "drm_splash.bmp"
-static char *splash_bmp = DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP;
+static char *splash_bmp;
module_param(splash_bmp, charp, 0400);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_bmp, "Name of splash image (default: \"" DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP "\")");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_bmp,
+ "BMP to load as firmware, preferred over any other image");
+
+/* Given on the command line, and not empty */
+static bool drm_splash_bmp_given(void)
+{
+ return splash_bmp && *splash_bmp;
+}
+
+/* "none" asks for no image at all, whatever the other sources have */
+static bool drm_splash_bmp_none(void)
+{
+ return drm_splash_bmp_given() && !strcmp(splash_bmp, "none");
+}
+
+static const char *drm_splash_bmp_name(void)
+{
+ return drm_splash_bmp_given() ? splash_bmp : DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool drm_splash_bmp_given(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool drm_splash_bmp_none(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif // CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP

+/* Degrees counter clockwise, as for panels, and as DRM counts them */
+static bool drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(u32 degrees,
+ unsigned int *rotation)
+{
+ switch (degrees) {
+ case 0:
+ *rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
+ return true;
+ case 90:
+ *rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_90;
+ return true;
+ case 180:
+ *rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_180;
+ return true;
+ case 270:
+ *rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_270;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
#define BMP_FILE_MAGIC_ID 0x4d42

/* BMP header structures copied from drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c */
@@ -132,6 +204,8 @@ struct drm_splash {
s32 off_x, off_y;
/* One of DRM_MODE_ROTATE_*: turns the image, not the screen */
unsigned int rotation;
+ /* Placed from the command line, in screen pixels, whatever the source */
+ bool place_cmdline;
/* RGB888, from the same place as the image */
u32 bg_color;
};
@@ -210,10 +284,11 @@ static int drm_splash_fw_request_bmp(struct drm_splash *splash)
{
struct drm_client_dev *client = &splash->client;

- drm_info(client->dev, "splash: request %s as firmware", splash_bmp);
+ drm_info(client->dev, "splash: request %s as firmware",
+ drm_splash_bmp_name());

return request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_UEVENT,
- splash_bmp, client->dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+ drm_splash_bmp_name(), client->dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
splash, drm_splash_fw_callback);
}
#else
@@ -272,11 +347,9 @@ static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
{
u32 val[2];

- /* The colour travels with the image, or it is the kernel's default */
+ /* The colour travels with the image */
if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "background-color", &val[0]))
splash->bg_color = val[0] & 0xffffff;
- else
- splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;

if (!of_property_read_u32_array(np, "logo-position", val, 2)) {
splash->pos_x = (s32)val[0];
@@ -288,27 +361,10 @@ static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
splash->off_y = (s32)val[1];
}

- /* Degrees counter clockwise, as for panels, and as DRM counts them */
- if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "rotation", &val[0])) {
- switch (val[0]) {
- case 0:
- splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
- break;
- case 90:
- splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_90;
- break;
- case 180:
- splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_180;
- break;
- case 270:
- splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_270;
- break;
- default:
- drm_warn(splash->client.dev,
- "splash: %pOF: unsupported rotation %u",
- np, val[0]);
- }
- }
+ if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "rotation", &val[0]) &&
+ !drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(val[0], &splash->rotation))
+ drm_warn(splash->client.dev,
+ "splash: %pOF: unsupported rotation %u", np, val[0]);
}

static int drm_splash_dt_load(struct drm_splash *splash, const u8 **data,
@@ -733,7 +789,7 @@ static int drm_splash_bmp_to_scanout(struct drm_splash *splash,
return -EINVAL;
}

- if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT) {
+ if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT && !splash->place_cmdline) {
/*
* The BGRT offsets place the upright image on the upright
* screen, which for a panel mounted turned is not the frame
@@ -858,10 +914,53 @@ static int drm_splash_image_load(struct drm_splash *splash, const u8 **img_data,
* is whatever the firmware shows, and the BMP loaded as firmware is the
* fallback. With none of them, only the background colour is drawn.
*/
+/*
+ * What the command line gives wins whatever the image and its source, each
+ * parameter for what it says. Positions come in pairs: half of one is
+ * ignored rather than guessed.
+ */
+static void drm_splash_cmdline_overrides(struct drm_splash *splash)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = splash->client.dev;
+
+ if (splash_color >= 0)
+ splash->bg_color = splash_color & 0xffffff;
+
+ if (splash_pos_n == 2) {
+ splash->pos_x = splash_pos[0];
+ splash->pos_y = splash_pos[1];
+ splash->place_cmdline = true;
+ } else if (splash_pos_n) {
+ drm_warn(dev, "splash: splash_pos needs X,Y, ignored");
+ }
+
+ if (splash_offset_n == 2) {
+ splash->off_x = splash_offset[0];
+ splash->off_y = splash_offset[1];
+ splash->place_cmdline = true;
+ } else if (splash_offset_n) {
+ drm_warn(dev, "splash: splash_offset needs DX,DY, ignored");
+ }
+
+ if (splash_rotation >= 0 &&
+ !drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(splash_rotation, &splash->rotation))
+ drm_warn(dev, "splash: unsupported splash_rotation %d, ignored",
+ splash_rotation);
+}
+
static enum drm_splash_source drm_splash_pick_source(struct drm_splash *splash)
{
struct device_node *np;

+ /* Unless the source says otherwise, the kernel's default colour */
+ splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
+
+ /* A BMP named on the command line was asked for this very boot */
+ if (drm_splash_bmp_none())
+ return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_NONE;
+ if (drm_splash_bmp_given())
+ return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP;
+
np = drm_splash_dt_node(splash);
if (np) {
drm_splash_dt_props(splash, np);
@@ -869,18 +968,11 @@ static enum drm_splash_source drm_splash_pick_source(struct drm_splash *splash)
return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_DT;
}

- /* The BGRT carries no colour: firmware splashes sit on black */
if (drm_splash_bgrt_available(splash)) {
- splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
splash->rotation = drm_splash_bgrt_rotation();
return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT;
}

- /*
- * The BMP loaded as firmware is named on the command line, and so is
- * its colour, which also covers the screen when there is no image.
- */
- splash->bg_color = splash_color & 0xffffff;
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP))
return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP;

@@ -1181,6 +1273,7 @@ static int drm_splash_client_hotplug(struct drm_client_dev *client)
splash->thread = thread;

splash->src = drm_splash_pick_source(splash);
+ drm_splash_cmdline_overrides(splash);

/* The BMP loaded as firmware is the only source that arrives later */
if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP) {
--
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