[PATCH] drm: atmel-hlcdc: add discard area support

2015-02-07 Thread Boris Brezillon
Rob, Daniel, On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 18:32:19 -0500 Rob Clark wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 04:31:02PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > >> The HLCDC IP provides a way to discard a specific area on the primary > >> plane (in case at least one

[PATCH] drm: atmel-hlcdc: add discard area support

2015-02-06 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 04:31:02PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > The HLCDC IP provides a way to discard a specific area on the primary > plane (in case at least one of the overlay is activated and alpha > blending is disabled). > Doing this will reduce the amount of data to transfer from the main

[PATCH] drm: atmel-hlcdc: add discard area support

2015-02-06 Thread Rob Clark
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 04:31:02PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: >> The HLCDC IP provides a way to discard a specific area on the primary >> plane (in case at least one of the overlay is activated and alpha >> blending is disabled). >> Doing t

[PATCH] drm: atmel-hlcdc: add discard area support

2015-02-06 Thread Boris Brezillon
The HLCDC IP provides a way to discard a specific area on the primary plane (in case at least one of the overlay is activated and alpha blending is disabled). Doing this will reduce the amount of data to transfer from the main memory to the Display Controller, and thus alleviate the load on the mem