Re: [PATCH 5/8] drm/client: Convert drm_mode_create_dumb() to drm_mode_addfb2()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Jul 14 2023 - 07:29:38 EST


Hi Simon,

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 1:01 PM Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 13th, 2023 at 15:17, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Currently drm_client_buffer_addfb() uses the legacy drm_mode_addfb(),
> > which uses bpp and depth to guess the wanted buffer format.
> > However, drm_client_buffer_addfb() already knows the exact buffer
> > format, so there is no need to convert back and forth between buffer
> > format and bpp/depth, and the function can just call drm_mode_addfb2()
> > directly instead.
>
> By any chance, is the commit message wrong? The title refers to
> drm_mode_create_dumb(), but the description and code refer to
> drm_client_buffer_addfb().

Yes it is, thanks. Originally, I had copied-and-pasted the wrong
function name. I thought I had fixed all references, but apparently
I missed the one-line summary :-(

Will fix in v2.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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