linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: fourcc byteorder: brings header file comments in line with reality.

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:14:31 +0200
From:   Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:     Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Cc:     Ville Syrjälä 
        <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@...il.com>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: fourcc byteorder: brings header file comments in
 line with reality.

  Hi,

> > My personal opinion is that formats in drm_fourcc.h should be 
> > independent of the CPU byte order and the function 
> > drm_mode_legacy_fb_format() and drivers depending on that incorrect 
> > assumption be fixed instead.
> 
> The problem is this isn't a kernel-internal thing any more.  With the
> addition of the ADDFB2 ioctl the fourcc codes became part of the
> kernel/userspace abi ...

Ok, added some printk's to the ADDFB and ADDFB2 code paths and tested a
bit.  Apparently pretty much all userspace still uses the ADDFB ioctl.
xorg (modesetting driver) does.  gnome-shell in wayland mode does.
Seems the big transition to ADDFB2 didn't happen yet.

I guess that makes changing drm_mode_legacy_fb_format + drivers a
reasonable option ...

cheers,
  Gerd