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From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: "Màxim Pedraza Padilla" <maximpedraza@gmail.com>,
	"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	"Maxime Ripard" <mripard@kernel.org>,
	"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
	"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>,
	"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Francesco Valla <francesco@valla.it>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
	Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 12/13] drm/client: splash: prefer what the command line asks for
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:26:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45b55f94-0cd2-425b-b985-ba3958502b06@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013093243.505776-13-maximpedraza@gmail.com>



Am 13.10.26 um 11:32 schrieb Màxim Pedraza Padilla:
> A logo or a colour given on the kernel command line was asked for this
> very boot: a bootloader that picks the product variant from an EEPROM
> and passes it along, a developer, or a production line that turns the
> screen red when a test fails. The device tree, the BGRT and the kernel's
> defaults describe what the board or the build normally wants. Let the
> command line win, as console= wins over stdout-path.

Please see my earlier comments on module parameters.

>
> Each parameter wins for what it says, and only when it is given, so
> none has a default of its own:
>
> - drm_client_lib.splash_bmp names a BMP to load as firmware, preferred
>    over the device tree and the BGRT. Without it the order is unchanged:
>    device tree, BGRT, then "drm_splash.bmp" loaded as firmware. An empty
>    value counts as not given. A file that is named but missing gives no
>    image rather than falling back, since it is what was asked for.
>
> - drm_client_lib.splash_bmp=none asks for no image at all: only the
>    background is drawn, whatever the other sources have.
>
> - drm_client_lib.splash_pos=X,Y, splash_offset=DX,DY and
>    splash_rotation=0|90|180|270 place and turn the image with the same
>    meaning as the device tree properties, whatever the image's source.
>    A BMP loaded as firmware has no other way to be placed or turned, and
>    for the others they let a placement be tried without rebuilding a
>    device tree. Positions take both values or are ignored with a
>    warning. When they place a BGRT image, it is placed in screen pixels
>    like any other, and neither the table offsets nor the efifb sanity
>    check apply.
>
> - drm_client_lib.splash_color sets the background whatever the image.
>    Without it the colour comes from the source that supplied the image,
>    a device tree node's "background-color", and otherwise from
>    CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR. A device tree colour is not
>    used around an image named on the command line: it belongs to another
>    image.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
> Signed-off-by: Màxim Pedraza Padilla <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig      |  20 ++--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++------
>   2 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> index f471019bab87..2a374bea370b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> @@ -105,11 +105,9 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR
>   	help
>   	  The default splash background color, in RGB888 format.
>   
> -	  The background color comes from the same place as the image. A
> -	  device tree image can carry its own, and the drm_client_lib.splash_color
> -	  kernel command line parameter sets it for a BMP loaded as firmware,
> -	  or for the whole screen when there is no image. This color is used
> -	  otherwise, and always with the BGRT image, which carries none.
> +	  The drm_client_lib.splash_color kernel command line parameter, when
> +	  given, is used whatever the image. Otherwise a device tree image can
> +	  carry its own color, and this one is used for everything else.
>   
>   config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_DT
>   	bool "Device tree as splash source"
> @@ -123,8 +121,9 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_DT
>   	  show a different logo on each board or product, chosen by the
>   	  device tree it boots with.
>   
> -	  When present, the device tree image is preferred over the other
> -	  sources.
> +	  When present, the device tree image is preferred over the BGRT and
> +	  over the default BMP loaded as firmware. A BMP named on the kernel
> +	  command line is preferred over it.
>   
>   config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT
>   	bool "EFI BGRT as splash source"
> @@ -150,9 +149,10 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP
>   
>   	  The image will be loaded using the firmware loading facility the
>   	  kernel provides; it shall use 24 bits per pixel and shall not be
> -	  compressed. The name of the file can be set through the
> -	  drm_client_lib.splash_bmp command line parameter, with the default
> -	  being 'drm_splash.bmp'.
> +	  compressed. A file named through the drm_client_lib.splash_bmp
> +	  command line parameter is preferred over any other image source;
> +	  otherwise 'drm_splash.bmp' is used when neither the device tree nor
> +	  the BGRT provides an image.
>   
>   config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BMP_SUPPORT
>   	bool
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> index 4c30de7c5c16..46faae025ec2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> @@ -40,18 +40,90 @@
>    * a static image.
>    */
>   
> -static unsigned int splash_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
> -module_param(splash_color, uint, 0400);
> +/*
> + * What is given on the command line wins over the device tree and the
> + * firmware tables, and each parameter only for what it says. Neither has a
> + * value of its own until it is given: -1 and NULL mean "not given".
> + */
> +static int splash_color = -1;
> +module_param(splash_color, int, 0400);
>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_color,
> -		 "Background color (RGB888) around the BMP loaded as firmware, or of the whole screen with no image");
> +		 "Background color as 0xRRGGBB, preferred over any other");
> +
> +static int splash_pos[2];
> +static unsigned int splash_pos_n;
> +module_param_array(splash_pos, int, &splash_pos_n, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_pos,
> +		 "Image position as X,Y in screen pixels, -1 centres that axis");
> +
> +static int splash_offset[2];
> +static unsigned int splash_offset_n;
> +module_param_array(splash_offset, int, &splash_offset_n, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_offset,
> +		 "Displacement as DX,DY in screen pixels, added after placing");
> +
> +static int splash_rotation = -1;
> +module_param(splash_rotation, int, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_rotation,
> +		 "Image rotation in degrees counter clockwise: 0, 90, 180 or 270");
>   
>   #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP)
>   #define DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP "drm_splash.bmp"
> -static char *splash_bmp = DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP;
> +static char *splash_bmp;
>   module_param(splash_bmp, charp, 0400);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_bmp, "Name of splash image (default: \"" DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP "\")");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_bmp,
> +		 "BMP to load as firmware, preferred over any other image");
> +
> +/* Given on the command line, and not empty */
> +static bool drm_splash_bmp_given(void)
> +{
> +	return splash_bmp && *splash_bmp;
> +}
> +
> +/* "none" asks for no image at all, whatever the other sources have */
> +static bool drm_splash_bmp_none(void)
> +{
> +	return drm_splash_bmp_given() && !strcmp(splash_bmp, "none");
> +}
> +
> +static const char *drm_splash_bmp_name(void)
> +{
> +	return drm_splash_bmp_given() ? splash_bmp : DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP;
> +}
> +#else
> +static bool drm_splash_bmp_given(void)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +static bool drm_splash_bmp_none(void)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
>   #endif // CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP
>   
> +/* Degrees counter clockwise, as for panels, and as DRM counts them */
> +static bool drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(u32 degrees,
> +					     unsigned int *rotation)
> +{
> +	switch (degrees) {
> +	case 0:
> +		*rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
> +		return true;
> +	case 90:
> +		*rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_90;
> +		return true;
> +	case 180:
> +		*rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_180;
> +		return true;
> +	case 270:
> +		*rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_270;
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>   #define BMP_FILE_MAGIC_ID 0x4d42
>   
>   /* BMP header structures copied from drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c */
> @@ -134,6 +206,8 @@ struct drm_splash {
>   	s32 off_x, off_y;
>   	/* One of DRM_MODE_ROTATE_*: turns the image, not the screen */
>   	unsigned int rotation;
> +	/* Placed from the command line, in screen pixels, whatever the source */
> +	bool place_cmdline;
>   	/* RGB888, from the same place as the image */
>   	u32 bg_color;
>   };
> @@ -218,10 +292,11 @@ static int drm_splash_fw_request_bmp(struct drm_splash *splash)
>   {
>   	struct drm_client_dev *client = &splash->client;
>   
> -	drm_info(client->dev, "splash: request %s as firmware", splash_bmp);
> +	drm_info(client->dev, "splash: request %s as firmware",
> +		 drm_splash_bmp_name());
>   
>   	return request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_UEVENT,
> -				       splash_bmp, client->dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
> +				       drm_splash_bmp_name(), client->dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
>   				       splash, drm_splash_fw_callback);
>   }
>   #else
> @@ -280,11 +355,9 @@ static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
>   {
>   	u32 val[2];
>   
> -	/* The colour travels with the image, or it is the kernel's default */
> +	/* The colour travels with the image */
>   	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "background-color", &val[0]))
>   		splash->bg_color = val[0] & 0xffffff;
> -	else
> -		splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
>   
>   	if (!of_property_read_u32_array(np, "logo-position", val, 2)) {
>   		splash->pos_x = (s32)val[0];
> @@ -296,27 +369,10 @@ static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
>   		splash->off_y = (s32)val[1];
>   	}
>   
> -	/* Degrees counter clockwise, as for panels, and as DRM counts them */
> -	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "rotation", &val[0])) {
> -		switch (val[0]) {
> -		case 0:
> -			splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
> -			break;
> -		case 90:
> -			splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_90;
> -			break;
> -		case 180:
> -			splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_180;
> -			break;
> -		case 270:
> -			splash->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_270;
> -			break;
> -		default:
> -			drm_warn(splash->client.dev,
> -				 "splash: %pOF: unsupported rotation %u",
> -				 np, val[0]);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "rotation", &val[0]) &&
> +	    !drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(val[0], &splash->rotation))
> +		drm_warn(splash->client.dev,
> +			 "splash: %pOF: unsupported rotation %u", np, val[0]);
>   }
>   
>   static int drm_splash_dt_load(struct drm_splash *splash, const u8 **data,
> @@ -702,7 +758,7 @@ static int drm_splash_bmp_to_scanout(struct drm_splash *splash,
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}
>   
> -	if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT) {
> +	if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT && !splash->place_cmdline) {
>   		/*
>   		 * The BGRT offsets place the upright image on the upright
>   		 * screen, which for a panel mounted turned is not the frame
> @@ -827,10 +883,53 @@ static int drm_splash_image_load(struct drm_splash *splash, const u8 **img_data,
>    * is whatever the firmware shows, and the BMP loaded as firmware is the
>    * fallback. With none of them, only the background colour is drawn.
>    */
> +/*
> + * What the command line gives wins whatever the image and its source, each
> + * parameter for what it says. Positions come in pairs: half of one is
> + * ignored rather than guessed.
> + */
> +static void drm_splash_cmdline_overrides(struct drm_splash *splash)
> +{
> +	struct drm_device *dev = splash->client.dev;
> +
> +	if (splash_color >= 0)
> +		splash->bg_color = splash_color & 0xffffff;
> +
> +	if (splash_pos_n == 2) {
> +		splash->pos_x = splash_pos[0];
> +		splash->pos_y = splash_pos[1];
> +		splash->place_cmdline = true;
> +	} else if (splash_pos_n) {
> +		drm_warn(dev, "splash: splash_pos needs X,Y, ignored");
> +	}
> +
> +	if (splash_offset_n == 2) {
> +		splash->off_x = splash_offset[0];
> +		splash->off_y = splash_offset[1];
> +		splash->place_cmdline = true;
> +	} else if (splash_offset_n) {
> +		drm_warn(dev, "splash: splash_offset needs DX,DY, ignored");
> +	}
> +
> +	if (splash_rotation >= 0 &&
> +	    !drm_splash_rotation_from_degrees(splash_rotation, &splash->rotation))
> +		drm_warn(dev, "splash: unsupported splash_rotation %d, ignored",
> +			 splash_rotation);
> +}
> +
>   static enum drm_splash_source drm_splash_pick_source(struct drm_splash *splash)
>   {
>   	struct device_node *np;
>   
> +	/* Unless the source says otherwise, the kernel's default colour */
> +	splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
> +
> +	/* A BMP named on the command line was asked for this very boot */
> +	if (drm_splash_bmp_none())
> +		return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_NONE;
> +	if (drm_splash_bmp_given())
> +		return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP;
> +
>   	np = drm_splash_dt_node(splash);
>   	if (np) {
>   		drm_splash_dt_props(splash, np);
> @@ -838,18 +937,11 @@ static enum drm_splash_source drm_splash_pick_source(struct drm_splash *splash)
>   		return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_DT;
>   	}
>   
> -	/* The BGRT carries no colour: firmware splashes sit on black */
>   	if (drm_splash_bgrt_available(splash)) {
> -		splash->bg_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
>   		splash->rotation = drm_splash_bgrt_rotation();
>   		return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BGRT;
>   	}
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * The BMP loaded as firmware is named on the command line, and so is
> -	 * its colour, which also covers the screen when there is no image.
> -	 */
> -	splash->bg_color = splash_color & 0xffffff;
>   	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP))
>   		return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP;
>   
> @@ -1169,6 +1261,7 @@ static int drm_splash_client_hotplug(struct drm_client_dev *client)
>   	splash->thread = thread;
>   
>   	splash->src = drm_splash_pick_source(splash);
> +	drm_splash_cmdline_overrides(splash);
>   
>   	/* The BMP loaded as firmware is the only source that arrives later */
>   	if (splash->src == DRM_SPLASH_SRC_BMP) {

-- 
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Stefan Gaiser, Jochen Jaser, Abhinav Puri, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)



  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-20 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-13  9:32 [PATCH v5 00/13] Add splash DRM client Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 01/13] drm/clients: Kconfig: indent DRM_CLIENT_DEFAULT with tabs Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20  9:11   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 02/13] efi: bgrt: add accessors for the boot graphics Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20  9:13   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] drm: client: add splash client Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20 10:28   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] MAINTAINERS: add entry for DRM " Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] drm: docs: remove bootsplash from TODO Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] dt-bindings: display: add a boot logo node under /chosen Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] drm/client: splash: add a device tree image source Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20 11:04   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] drm/client: splash: place the device tree image where it asks Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] drm/client: splash: turn the device tree image as " Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20 11:16   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] drm/client: splash: take the background colour from the image source Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20 11:19   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] drm/client: splash: turn the BGRT image on panels mounted turned Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] drm/client: splash: prefer what the command line asks for Màxim Pedraza Padilla
2026-10-20 11:26   ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2026-10-13  9:32 ` [PATCH v5 13/13] drm/client: splash: document the image sources and parameters Màxim Pedraza Padilla

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