Re: [PATCH 2/7] drm/uAPI: Add "active color format" drm property as feedback for userspace
From: Werner Sembach
Date: Wed Jan 10 2024 - 08:39:48 EST
Hi,
Am 09.01.24 um 19:10 schrieb Andri Yngvason:
From: Werner Sembach <wse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Add a new general drm property "active color format" which can be used by
graphic drivers to report the used color format back to userspace.
There was no way to check which color format got actually used on a given
monitor. To surely predict this, one must know the exact capabilities of
the monitor, the GPU, and the connection used and what the default
behaviour of the used driver is (e.g. amdgpu prefers YCbCr 4:4:4 while i915
prefers RGB). This property helps eliminating the guessing on this point.
In the future, automatic color calibration for screens might also depend on
this information being available.
Signed-off-by: Werner Sembach <wse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andri Yngvason <andri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andri Yngvason <andri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
One suggestion from back then was, instead picking out singular properties like
"active color format", to just expose whatever the last HDMI or DP metadata
block(s)/frame(s) that was sent over the display wire was to userspace and
accompanying it with a parsing script.
Question: Does the driver really actually know what the GPU is ultimatively
sending out the wire, or is that decided by a final firmware blob we have no
info about?
Greetings
Werner
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/drm/drm_connector.h | 10 ++++++
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index c3725086f4132..30d62e505d188 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,14 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list drm_dp_subconnector_enum_list[] = {
{ DRM_MODE_SUBCONNECTOR_Native, "Native" }, /* DP */
};
+static const struct drm_prop_enum_list drm_active_color_format_enum_list[] = {
+ { 0, "not applicable" },
+ { DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_RGB444, "rgb" },
+ { DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR444, "ycbcr444" },
+ { DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR422, "ycbcr422" },
+ { DRM_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR420, "ycbcr420" },
+};
+
DRM_ENUM_NAME_FN(drm_get_dp_subconnector_name,
drm_dp_subconnector_enum_list)
@@ -1390,6 +1398,15 @@ static const u32 dp_colorspaces =
* drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property() to create and attach the
* property to the connector during initialization.
*
+ * active color format:
+ * This read-only property tells userspace the color format actually used
+ * by the hardware display engine "on the cable" on a connector. The chosen
+ * value depends on hardware capabilities, both display engine and
+ * connected monitor. Drivers shall use
+ * drm_connector_attach_active_color_format_property() to install this
+ * property. Possible values are "not applicable", "rgb", "ycbcr444",
+ * "ycbcr422", and "ycbcr420".
+ *
* Connectors also have one standardized atomic property:
*
* CRTC_ID:
@@ -2451,6 +2468,52 @@ int drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property);
+/**
+ * drm_connector_attach_active_color_format_property - attach "active color format" property
+ * @connector: connector to attach active color format property on.
+ *
+ * This is used to check the applied color format on a connector.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * Zero on success, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int drm_connector_attach_active_color_format_property(struct drm_connector *connector)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
+ struct drm_property *prop;
+
+ if (!connector->active_color_format_property) {
+ prop = drm_property_create_enum(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE, "active color format",
+ drm_active_color_format_enum_list,
+ ARRAY_SIZE(drm_active_color_format_enum_list));
+ if (!prop)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ connector->active_color_format_property = prop;
+ }
+
+ drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base, prop, 0);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_attach_active_color_format_property);
+
+/**
+ * drm_connector_set_active_color_format_property - sets the active color format property for a
+ * connector
+ * @connector: drm connector
+ * @active_color_format: color format for the connector currently active "on the cable"
+ *
+ * Should be used by atomic drivers to update the active color format over a connector.
+ */
+void drm_connector_set_active_color_format_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
+ u32 active_color_format)
+{
+ drm_object_property_set_value(&connector->base, connector->active_color_format_property,
+ active_color_format);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_set_active_color_format_property);
+
/**
* drm_connector_attach_hdr_output_metadata_property - attach "HDR_OUTPUT_METADA" property
* @connector: connector to attach the property on.
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index fe88d7fc6b8f4..9ae73cfdceeb1 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -1699,6 +1699,12 @@ struct drm_connector {
*/
struct drm_property *privacy_screen_hw_state_property;
+ /**
+ * @active_color_format_property: Default connector property for the
+ * active color format to be driven out of the connector.
+ */
+ struct drm_property *active_color_format_property;
+
#define DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD (1 << 0)
#define DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_CONNECT (1 << 1)
#define DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_DISCONNECT (1 << 2)
@@ -2053,6 +2059,10 @@ void drm_connector_attach_privacy_screen_provider(
struct drm_connector *connector, struct drm_privacy_screen *priv);
void drm_connector_update_privacy_screen(const struct drm_connector_state *connector_state);
+int drm_connector_attach_active_color_format_property(struct drm_connector *connector);
+void drm_connector_set_active_color_format_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
+ u32 active_color_format);
+
/**
* struct drm_tile_group - Tile group metadata
* @refcount: reference count