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

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 01.02.22 um 09:36 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> 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.

I like this naming, but DRM_FORMAT_R8 is uapi already. :/ If anything, 
we could add Yn formats in addition to existing Rn formats.

Best regards
Thomas

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
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>
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