From: Max Pedraza <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Max Pedraza <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] dt-bindings: display: add a device tree supplied boot logo
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:10:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923201035.51007-3-maximpedraza@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923201035.51007-1-maximpedraza@gmail.com>
Embedded products frequently need a product specific boot logo. Today that
means pointing CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224_FILE at a different image, which
bakes it into the kernel image: a change of branding, or a second product
sharing the same board support package, requires a separate kernel build,
and requalifying that kernel for what is a cosmetic change.
Add a binding for a "boot-logo-clut224" node, which carries the logo
in the same paletted format the built-in CLUT224 logos already use, plus a
few optional properties describing where on the screen it is drawn.
The node lives under /chosen because a logo is configuration handed over by
firmware rather than a description of the hardware. Open Firmware, which
the device tree descends from, carried a boot logo in the same spirit as
the oem-logo variable under /options, and simple-framebuffer nodes live
under /chosen today for the same reason.
The palette size is derived from the length of the "clut" property rather
than spelled out separately, and "data" holds plain palette indices; the
32 entry offset the frame buffer layer reserves for the console is an
implementation detail and is applied by the kernel, not by the binding.
"logo-position" takes -1 on an axis to mean centre on that axis rather than
carrying a separate boolean for it. A boolean can only centre both axes or
neither, and next to explicit coordinates it would have to override them
silently when a device tree gave both.
A rotation turns the logo, not the screen. "logo-position" and
"logo-offset" are screen pixels whatever "logo-rotation" says, and a
quarter turn only changes how much room the logo takes up. Placing the
logo in a frame that turns with it would make the same pair of
coordinates mean different places on the same panel, decided by a
property that is meant to describe the image.
Every coordinate is bounded. The kernel clamps them anyway, since it cannot
trust a device tree, but a value that cannot possibly be meant is worth
catching in dtbs_check rather than on the panel.
Signed-off-by: Max Pedraza <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
---
.../bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml | 135 ++++++++++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
2 files changed, 136 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dc3471763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Boot logo supplied by the device tree
+
+maintainers:
+ - Max Pedraza <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
+
+description: |
+ Embedded systems commonly need a product specific boot logo. Today that
+ means pointing CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224_FILE at a different image, which
+ bakes it into the kernel image: changing the logo means building and
+ deploying a new kernel.
+
+ This node lets the boot logo be described by the device tree instead, so that
+ a single kernel image can serve several products, or several revisions of the
+ same product, that only differ in branding.
+
+ Since a logo is configuration rather than a description of the hardware, the
+ node lives under /chosen, next to the other things firmware hands to the
+ operating system. Open Firmware, which the device tree descends from, carried
+ a boot logo in the same spirit as the oem-logo variable under /options.
+
+ The image is stored in the same paletted format the in-kernel CLUT224 logos
+ use: a palette of at most 224 RGB entries plus one palette index per pixel.
+
+properties:
+ $nodename:
+ const: logo
+
+ compatible:
+ const: boot-logo-clut224
+
+ width:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ description: Logo width in pixels.
+ minimum: 1
+ maximum: 65535
+
+ height:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ description: Logo height in pixels.
+ minimum: 1
+ maximum: 65535
+
+ clut:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint8-array
+ description:
+ Colour lookup table, as consecutive red, green and blue bytes per entry.
+ The number of entries is derived from the property length and must not
+ exceed 224.
+ minItems: 3
+ maxItems: 672
+
+ data:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint8-array
+ description:
+ One byte per pixel, left to right and top to bottom, each byte being an
+ index into the colour lookup table. The property length must be equal to
+ width multiplied by height.
+
+ logo-position:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/int32-array
+ description:
+ X and Y coordinates, in pixels, of the top left corner of the logo.
+ A value of -1 on an axis centres the logo on that axis instead.
+ Defaults to the top left corner of the screen.
+ items:
+ - description: X coordinate, or -1 to centre horizontally
+ minimum: -1
+ maximum: 65535
+ - description: Y coordinate, or -1 to centre vertically
+ minimum: -1
+ maximum: 65535
+
+ logo-offset:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/int32-array
+ description:
+ X and Y displacement, in screen pixels, applied after the logo has been
+ placed.
+ Mostly useful together with a centred axis, to land the logo somewhere
+ other than the middle of a panel whose usable area is not its centre.
+ items:
+ - description: X displacement
+ minimum: -65535
+ maximum: 65535
+ - description: Y displacement
+ minimum: -65535
+ maximum: 65535
+
+ logo-rotation:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
+ description:
+ Rotation applied to the logo before it is drawn. It turns the logo and
+ not the screen, so a quarter turn swaps how much room the logo takes
+ up, but logo-position and logo-offset stay in screen pixels either
+ way.
+ enum: [none, cw, ccw, ud]
+ default: none
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - width
+ - height
+ - clut
+ - data
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ // A 4x2 logo using three colours, centred on both axes.
+ / {
+ compatible = "foo";
+ model = "foo";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ chosen {
+ logo {
+ compatible = "boot-logo-clut224";
+ width = <4>;
+ height = <2>;
+ clut = /bits/ 8 <0xff 0x00 0x00
+ 0x00 0xff 0x00
+ 0x00 0x00 0xff>;
+ data = /bits/ 8 <0x00 0x01 0x01 0x00
+ 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x02>;
+ logo-position = <(-1) (-1)>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c241444789..804a48e9bc 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -10339,6 +10339,7 @@ L: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
S: Maintained
Q: http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fbdev/list/
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/linux-fbdev.git
+F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/boot-logo-clut224.yaml
F: Documentation/fb/
F: drivers/video/
F: include/linux/fb.h
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 20:10 [PATCH v3 0/7] Boot logo supplied by the device tree Max Pedraza
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] fbdev: describe where the boot logo goes in one place Max Pedraza
2026-09-24 12:05 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-23 20:10 ` Max Pedraza [this message]
2026-09-24 11:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] dt-bindings: display: add a device tree supplied boot logo Rob Herring (Arm)
2026-09-25 8:58 ` Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] video: logo: allow the boot logo to come from the device tree Max Pedraza
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties Max Pedraza
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] dt-bindings: display: allow the boot logo in a reserved memory region Max Pedraza
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] video: logo: allow the boot logo to come from " Max Pedraza
2026-09-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] video: logo: add ppmtodtlogo host tool Max Pedraza
2026-09-24 12:21 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Boot logo supplied by the device tree Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-25 8:48 ` Màxim Pedraza Padilla
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