On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:06 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<ge...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ilia,
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 2:44 PM Ilia Mirkin <imir...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 9:07 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org>
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 8:57 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:23 PM Ilia Mirkin <imir...@alum.mit.edu>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:53 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > > > <ge...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > > > > > diff --git a/tests/util/pattern.c b/tests/util/pattern.c
> > > > > > index 953bf95492ee150c..42d75d700700dc3d 100644
> > > > > > --- a/tests/util/pattern.c
> > > > > > +++ b/tests/util/pattern.c
> > > > > > @@ -608,6 +608,46 @@ static void fill_smpte_rgb16fp(const struct
> > > > > > util_rgb_info *rgb, void *mem,
> > > > > > static unsigned int smpte_middle[7] = { 6, 7, 4, 7, 2, 7, 0 };
> > > > > > static unsigned int smpte_bottom[8] = { 8, 9, 10, 7, 11, 7, 12, 7
> > > > > > };
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +static void write_pixel_4(uint8_t *mem, unsigned int x, unsigned
> > > > > > int pixel)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > + if (x & 1)
> > > > > > + mem[x / 2] = (mem[x / 2] & 0xf0) | (pixel & 0x0f);
> > > > > > + else
> > > > > > + mem[x / 2] = (mem[x / 2] & 0x0f) | (pixel << 4);
> > > > > > +}
> > > > >
> > > > > The standard layout is MSB? i.e. first pixel goes in the upper bits of
> > > > > the first byte? It's been ages since I've dealt with C4 (or perhaps I
> > > > > never even touched it), but this seems a bit surprising.
> > > >
> > > > Exactly. All register documentation I've ever seen shows the MSB on
> > > > the left, i.e. for bytes:
> > > >
> > > > MSB LSB
> > > > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> > > > | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
> > > > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> > > >
> > > > IBM used to count bits in the reverse order, but still had MSB left:
> > > >
> > > > MSB LSB
> > > > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> > > > | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
> > > > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> > > >
> > > > If the reverse ordering of pixels is ever needed, a new fourcc code can
> > > > be introduced. Note that the fbdev API has support for both orderings
> > > > (see fb_bitfield.msb_right), but no driver ever sets msb_right = 1,
> > > > hence the fbdev core doesn't support it yet.
> > >
> > > Turns out I was wrong: fbdev ordering follows native ordering, and
> > > there's also FBINFO_FOREIGN_ENDIAN :-(
> >
> > I haven't double-checked the meaning in fbdev, but ENDIAN-ness
> > generally refers to the layout of *bytes*, not *bits*. Although one
> > could also argue that it's the layout of "elements", and so in that
> > way, upper/lower values could be considered flipped. I've never gone
> > that far though.
>
> Yes, usually it refers to the ordering of bytes in a word.
> Here, it's about the ordering of sub-byte pixels in a byte.
> Note that with C2 and C4, there's a third ordering that comes into
> play.
> So we have:
> 1. Ordering of bytes in a word, for bpp > 8,
> 2. Ordering of pixels in a byte, for bpp < 8,
> 3. Ordering of bits in a pixel, for bpp > 1.
>
> 1. Is handled by DRM_FORMAT_BIG_ENDIAN.
OK. Note that DRM_FORMAT_BIG_ENDIAN flag for formats other than
RGBX8888 and very similar formats is basically broken in drm. So ...
watch out. There are two setups supported for big-endian currently:
1. Legacy: radeon/nouveau, ignore the "little endian" comment about
formats and only supports AddFB, not AddFB2. The former only has
depth/bpp, not the actual format, anyways. This matches what current
user-space expects too. (quirk_addfb_prefer_host_byte_order = 1)
2. AddFB2 support with proper formats. Only used for vmwgfx and virgl
in practice for BE, IIRC. Only supports 32-bit 8bpc formats, and uses
some helpers to just flip around DRM_FORMAT_BIG_ENDIAN bit to an
equivalent format in the frontend api handling. This obviously won't
work for other formats, but none of the helpers are ready to receive
the BIG_ENDIAN bit.
Cheers,
-ilia
