linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 05/35] drm/connector: Add TV standard property

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:32:20 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 05/35] drm/connector: Add TV standard property

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 9:31 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 5:50 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 04:43:44PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > > > > Either you have to add them here (e.g. "hd720p50" and "hd720p60"), or
> > > > > > > handle them through "@<refresh>".  The latter would impact "[PATCH v1
> > > > > > > 09/35] drm/modes: Move named modes parsing to a separate function", as
> > > > > > > currently a named mode and a refresh rate can't be specified both.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think the former would make more sense. It simplifies a bit the
> > > > > > parser, and we're going to use a named mode anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > As "[PATCH v1 34/35] drm/modes: Introduce the tv_mode property as a
> > > > > > > command-line option" uses a separate "tv_mode" option, and not the main
> > > > > > > mode name, I think you want to add them here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's a separate story I think, we could have a named mode hd720p50,
> > > > > > which would be equivalent to 1280x720,tv_mode=hd720p
> > > > >
> > > > > So where's the field rate in "1280x720,tv_mode=hd720p"?
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, sorry I meant 1280x720@50,tv_mode=hd720p
> > >
> > > Above you said "I think the former would make more sense", so that
> > > should be "1280x720,tv_mode=hd720p50"?
> >
> > No, 720p at 50Hz would be either hd720p50 or 1280x720@50,tv_mode=hd720p
> > and 60Hz would be hd720p60 or 1280x720@60,tv_mode=hd720p
>
> I disagree: hd720p50 and hd720p60 are different TV modes.
> Treating them the same would be similar to treating unmodulated (e.g.
> component) PAL-N (25 frames/s) and PAL-M (30 frames/s) the same.

IIRC from my PS3 -Linux days, not all HD(-Ready) TVs supported both
hd720p50 and hd720p60.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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