Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm: zynqmp: Add blend mode property to graphics plane

Sean Anderson
2026-01-05T19:58:33Z

On 12/4/25 16:16, Klymenko, Anatoliy wrote:
> [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
>
> Hi Sean,
>
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>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm: zynqmp: Add blend mode property to graphics
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>> On 11/14/25 19:12, Klymenko, Anatoliy wrote:
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>> >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:07 PM
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>> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm: zynqmp: Add blend mode property to graphics
>> >> plane
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>> >> On 11/13/25 18:03, Klymenko, Anatoliy wrote:
>> >> > [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi Sean,
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you for the patch.
>> >> >
>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> From: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev>
>> >> >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2025 12:37 PM
>> >> >> To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>; Tomi
>> Valkeinen
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>> >> >> <tzimmermann@suse.de>; Maarten Lankhorst
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>> >> >> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] drm: zynqmp: Add blend mode property to graphics
>> >> plane
>> >> >>
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>> >> >>
>> >> >> When global alpha is enabled, per-pixel alpha is ignored. Allow
>> >> >> userspace to explicitly specify whether to use per-pixel alpha by
>> >> >> exposing it through the blend mode property. I'm not sure whether the
>> >> >> per-pixel alpha is pre-multiplied or not [1], but apparently it *must* be
>> >> >> pre-multiplied so I guess we have to advertise it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1] All we get is "The alpha value available with the graphics stream
>> >> >> will define the transparency of the graphics."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev>
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >>
>> >> >> drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> >> >> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
>> >> >> b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
>> >> >> index 456ada9ac003..fa1cfc16db36 100644
>> >> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
>> >> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
>> >> >> @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ static int
>> zynqmp_dpsub_plane_atomic_check(struct
>> >> >> drm_plane *plane,
>> >> >> if (!new_plane_state->crtc)
>> >> >> return 0;
>> >> >>
>> >> >> + if (new_plane_state->pixel_blend_mode !=
>> >> >> DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE &&
>> >> >> + new_plane_state->alpha >> 8 != 0xff) {
>> >> >> + drm_dbg_kms(plane->dev,
>> >> >> + "Plane alpha must be 1.0 when using pixel alpha\n");
>> >> >> + return -EINVAL;
>> >> >> + }
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(state, new_plane_state-
>> >crtc);
>> >> >> if (IS_ERR(crtc_state))
>> >> >> return PTR_ERR(crtc_state);
>> >> >> @@ -117,9 +124,13 @@ static void
>> >> >> zynqmp_dpsub_plane_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> zynqmp_disp_layer_update(layer, new_state);
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - if (plane->index == ZYNQMP_DPSUB_LAYER_GFX)
>> >> >> - zynqmp_disp_blend_set_global_alpha(dpsub->disp, true,
>> >> >> + if (plane->index == ZYNQMP_DPSUB_LAYER_GFX) {
>> >> >> + bool blend = plane->state->pixel_blend_mode ==
>> >> >> + DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE;
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> + zynqmp_disp_blend_set_global_alpha(dpsub->disp, blend,
>> >> >> plane->state->alpha >> 8);
>> >> >> + }
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /*
>> >> >> * Unconditionally enable the layer, as it may have been disabled
>> >> >> @@ -179,9 +190,18 @@ static int zynqmp_dpsub_create_planes(struct
>> >> >> zynqmp_dpsub *dpsub)
>> >> >> return ret;
>> >> >>
>> >> >> if (i == ZYNQMP_DPSUB_LAYER_GFX) {
>> >> >> + unsigned int blend_modes =
>> >> >> + BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE) |
>> >> >> + BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI);
>> >> >
>> >> > | BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE) - this is what implemented in the
>> >> hardware.
>> >>
>> >> Do you have a datasheet (or other) reference?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes https://docs.amd.com/v/u/en-US/ug1085-zynq-ultrascale-trm
>>
>> There is no mention of this in the TRM.
>>
>> | Video Blending is defined for two RGB video streams. One of these
>> | streams will be graphics that have an alpha value along with RGB
>> | stream. The alpha value available with the graphics stream will define
>> | the transparency of the graphics. Alpha value defined for blending
>> | function is always 8-bit. 1-bit alpha and 4-bit alpha are also
>> | supported, but these are scaled to 8-bits before they are used for
>> | alpha blending
>>
>> Please quote a specific section where the alpha blending formula is
>> documented.
>>
>
> Yes, there is no explicit alpha blending formula in the TRM, although
> absence of "premultiplied alpha" term anywhere in the doc suggests that
> alpha is treated as a straight. Anyways, I cooked a quick test that proved
> the straight alpha theory: https://github.com/onotole/zynqmp-dp-alpha
>
>> >> But in any case, DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI is mandatory even if we
>> >> don't support
>> >> it. See drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property for details.
>> >>
>> >
>> > No doubts here
>>
>> OK, so regardless of what the hardware does, we have to pretend to
>> support pre-multiplied alpha.
>>
>
> Yes, we my pretend so, or we may work around backward compatibility check
> in drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property by setting blend mode to
> DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE immediately and later reject plane states
> with DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI mode.

OK, I'll add a patch to allow blend mode without premulti for v2. The
comment on the function says that it's a default for old userspace, but
we don't have a userspace that expects a particular blend mode in the
first place.

--Sean