[PATCH v2] video: simplefb: add mode parsing function

From: Alexandre Courbot
Date: Sun May 26 2013 - 23:54:07 EST


The naming scheme of simplefb's mode is precise enough to allow building
the mode structure from it instead of using a static list of modes. This
patch introduces a function that does this. In case exotic modes that
cannot be represented from their name alone are needed, the static list
of modes is still available as a backup.

It also changes the order in which colors are declared from MSB first to
the more standard LSB first.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v1:
- amended documentation following Stephen's suggestion
- allow parsing of bitfields larger than 9 bits
- made it clear that the parsing order of bits is changed with respect
to the original patch

Andrew, since this patch introduces a (small) change in the DT bindings,
could we try to merge it during the -rc cycle so we don't have to come
with a more complex solution in the future?

.../bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt | 12 +++-
drivers/video/simplefb.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
index 3ea4605..18d03e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ Required properties:
- width: The width of the framebuffer in pixels.
- height: The height of the framebuffer in pixels.
- stride: The number of bytes in each line of the framebuffer.
-- format: The format of the framebuffer surface. Valid values are:
- - r5g6b5 (16-bit pixels, d[15:11]=r, d[10:5]=g, d[4:0]=b).
+- format: The format of the framebuffer surface. Described as a sequence of
+ channel/num-bits pairs, where each pair describes how many bits are used
+ by a given color channel. Value channels are "r" (red), "g" (green),
+ "b" (blue), "a" (alpha) and "x" (unused). Channels are listed in bit
+ order, starting from the LSB. For instance, a format named "r5g6b5"
+ describes a 16-bit format where red is encoded in the 5 less significant
+ bits, green in the 6 following ones, and blue in the 5 last:
+ BBBBBGGG GGGRRRRR
+ ^ ^
+ MSB LSB

Example:

diff --git a/drivers/video/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/simplefb.c
index e2e9e3e..1430752 100644
--- a/drivers/video/simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/simplefb.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
*/

#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/fb.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -82,8 +83,72 @@ struct simplefb_format {
struct fb_bitfield transp;
};

+static struct simplefb_format *simplefb_parse_format(struct device *dev,
+ const char *str)
+{
+ struct simplefb_format *format;
+ unsigned int offset = 0;
+ unsigned int i = 0;
+
+ format = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*format), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!format)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ while (str[i] != 0) {
+ struct fb_bitfield *field = NULL;
+ int length = 0;
+
+ switch (str[i++]) {
+ case 'r':
+ case 'R':
+ field = &format->red;
+ break;
+ case 'g':
+ case 'G':
+ field = &format->green;
+ break;
+ case 'b':
+ case 'B':
+ field = &format->blue;
+ break;
+ case 'a':
+ case 'A':
+ field = &format->transp;
+ break;
+ case 'x':
+ case 'X':
+ break;
+ default:
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (!isdigit(str[i]))
+ goto error;
+
+ while (isdigit(str[i])) {
+ length = length * 10 + (str[i++] - '0');
+ }
+
+ if (field) {
+ field->offset = offset;
+ field->length = length;
+ }
+
+ offset += length;
+ }
+
+ format->bits_per_pixel = (offset + 7) & ~0x7;
+ format->name = str;
+ return format;
+
+error:
+ dev_err(dev, "Invalid format string\n");
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+}
+
+/* if you use exotic modes that simplefb_parse_format cannot decode, you can
+ specify them here. */
static struct simplefb_format simplefb_formats[] = {
- { "r5g6b5", 16, {11, 5}, {5, 6}, {0, 5}, {0, 0} },
};

struct simplefb_params {
@@ -131,7 +196,10 @@ static int simplefb_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
params->format = &simplefb_formats[i];
break;
}
- if (!params->format) {
+ if (!params->format)
+ params->format = simplefb_parse_format(&pdev->dev, format);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(params->format)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid format value\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
--
1.8.3

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