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From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
To: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, Yussuf Khalil <dev@pp3345.net>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"dri-devel\@lists.freedesktop.org"
	<dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drm/i915: Replace "Broadcast RGB" with "RGB quantization range" property
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:17:57 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ftd6mi3e.fsf@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <daCvJk4O6rHOwEometGSPENJupb6adPr583_dLEetvftUQPbK4198VDijHGzM9uTm9bP3TEyGCZvxKe5PSvqWBg5xhXkL_7EiAQlmEPKWQI=@emersion.fr>

On Mon, 13 Apr 2020, Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> wrote:
> On Monday, April 13, 2020 11:40 PM, Yussuf Khalil <dev@pp3345.net> wrote:
>
>> DRM now has a globally available "RGB quantization range" connector
>> property. i915's "Broadcast RGB" that fulfils the same purpose is now
>> considered deprecated, so drop it in favor of the DRM property.
>
> For a UAPI point-of-view, I'm not sure this is fine. Some user-space
> might depend on this property, dropping it would break such user-space.

Agreed.

> Can we make this property deprecated but still keep it for backwards
> compatibility?

Would be nice to make the i915 specific property an "alias" for the new
property, however I'm not sure how you'd make that happen. Otherwise
juggling between the two properties is going to be a nightmare.

BR,
Jani.


-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center

  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-14 11:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-13 21:40 [PATCH 0/5] Improving the situation regarding RGB quantization ranges Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-13 21:40 ` [PATCH 1/5] drm/modes: Indicate CEA-861 CE modes to user-space Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-14 12:41   ` Daniel Vetter
2020-04-16 13:51     ` Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-17 14:57       ` Daniel Vetter
2020-04-13 21:40 ` [PATCH 2/5] drm: Add "RGB quantization range" connector property Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-13 22:32   ` Simon Ser
2020-04-13 21:40 ` [PATCH 3/5] drm: Add drm_connector_state_select_rgb_quantization_range() helper Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-13 21:40 ` [PATCH 4/5] drm/atomic-helper: Consider RGB quantization changes to be mode changes Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-13 21:40 ` [PATCH 5/5] drm/i915: Replace "Broadcast RGB" with "RGB quantization range" property Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-13 22:35   ` Simon Ser
2020-04-14 11:17     ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2020-04-14 11:21       ` Jani Nikula
2020-04-14 12:34         ` Daniel Vetter
2020-04-14 21:11           ` Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-15  7:33             ` Jani Nikula
2020-04-15 11:13               ` Daniel Vetter
2020-04-16 13:44                 ` Yussuf Khalil
2020-04-17 14:59                   ` Daniel Vetter

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