linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] drm/sun4i: Disable YUV channel when using the frontend and set interlace

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:48:01 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] drm/sun4i: Disable YUV channel when using the
 frontend and set interlace

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2018-03-27 at 10:17 +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:00:43AM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2018-03-23 at 10:55 +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 04:28:56PM +0100, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
>> > > > The YUV channel was only disabled in
>> > > > sun4i_backend_update_layer_formats,
>> > > > which is not called when the frontend is selected.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thus, creating a layer with a YUV format handled by the backend
>> > > > and
>> > > > then
>> > > > switching to a format that requires the frontend would keep the
>> > > > YUV
>> > > > channel enabled for the layer.
>> > > >
>> > > > This explicitly disables the YUV channel for the layer when
>> > > > using
>> > > > the
>> > > > frontend as well. It also sets the relevant interlace bit, which
>> > > > was
>> > > > missing in the frontend path as well.
>> > >
>> > > This should be part of a separate patch. Usually, if you write "it
>> > > also does..." at the end of your commit log, it's a pretty good
>> > > indication that it should be another patch :)
>> >
>> > I must say, I figured that this part was missing in the frontend
>> > path by
>> > chance and couldn't really test the feature, so I'm also tempted to
>> > drop
>> > it altogether. What do you think?
>>
>> If you haven't been able to test it, then yeah, don't submit it.
>
> Alright, noted.
>
>> > Also, is interlacing actually used on any of the video outputs we
>> > support? Perhaps RGB?
>>
>> Composite would be a better guess :)
>
> Oh and I was wondering what CVBS was about. Now I know!
> It seems that we don't support it for now apparently, anyway.

You could also try adding interlaced modes to HDMI.

ChenYu