On 11/16/22 17:09, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > If no preferred value for bits-per-pixel has been given, fall back > to 32. Never use the preferred depth. The color depth is the number > of color/alpha bits per pixel, while bpp is the overall number of > bits in most cases. > > Most noteworthy, XRGB8888 has a depth of 24 and a bpp value of 32. > Using depth for bpp would make the value 24 as well and format > selection in fbdev helpers fails. Unfortunately XRGB8888 is the most > common format and the old heuristic therefore fails for most of > the drivers (unless they implement the 24-bit RGB888 format). > > Picking a bpp of 32 will lateron result in a default depth of 24
later on > and the format XRGB8888. As XRGB8888 is the default format for most > of the current and legacy graphics stack, all drivers must support > it. So it is the safe choice. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmerm...@suse.de> > --- Agreed that 32 is a safe choice in this case. Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javi...@redhat.com> -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat
