Re: [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Feb 01 2022 - 03:37:12 EST


Hi Simon,

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 9:34 AM Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 at 09:26, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What's the story with the Rn formats?
> >
> > The comments say "n bpp Red", while this is a monochrome (even
> > inverted) display?
>
> I don't think the color matters that much. "Red" was picked just because it was
> an arbitrary color, to make the difference with e.g. C8. Or am I mistaken?

I'd expect 8-bit grayscale to be Y8 instead.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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