Re: [PATCH] drm/ssd130x: Change pixel format used to compute the buffer size

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:59 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The commit e254b584dbc0 ("drm/ssd130x: Remove hardcoded bits-per-pixel in
> ssd130x_buf_alloc()") used a pixel format info instead of a hardcoded bpp
> to calculate the size of the buffer allocated to store the native pixels.
>
> But that wrongly used the DRM_FORMAT_C1 fourcc pixel format, which is for
> color-indexed frame buffer formats. While the ssd103x controllers don't
> support different single-channel colors nor a Color Lookup Table (CLUT).
>
> Both formats use eight pixels/byte, so in practice there is no functional
> changes in this patch. But still the correct pixel format should be used.
>
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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