Re: [PATCH v2] drm/virtio: Add suppport for non-native buffer formats

[Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>]

On 16 November 2023 at 03:44 pm, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:16:54PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> When using virtgpu on a big-endian machine, e.g. powerpc QEMU:
>>
>>      virtio-pci 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* fbdev: Failed to setup generic emulation (ret=-2)
>>
>> or m68k/virt:
>>
>>      virtio-mmio virtio-mmio.125: [drm] *ERROR* fbdev: Failed to setup generic emulation (ret=-2)
>>
>> and the graphical display fails to come up.
>>
>> Before, the call to drm_mode_addfb() caused a translation from a fourcc
>> format (XR24) to a bpp/depth pair (32/24) to a potentially different fourcc
>> format (BX24 on big-endian), due to the quirk processing in
>> drm_driver_legacy_fb_format().  After, the original fourcc format (XR24)
>> is passed unmodified.
>>
>> However, the virtgpu DRM driver supports only a single format for its
>> main plane: DRM_FORMAT_HOST_XRGB8888, which is XR24 on little-endian,
>> and BX24 on big-endian.  I.e. on big-endian, virtgpu does not support
>> XR24, which is the default DRM format, and must be supported by all
>> drivers.  Before, this was reported, but didn't lead to a failure:
>>
>>      virtio-mmio virtio-mmio.125: [drm] bpp/depth value of 32/24 not supported
>>      virtio-mmio virtio-mmio.125: [drm] No compatible format found
>>
>> As the core virtgpu driver and device support both XR24 and BX24 on both
>> little-endian and big-endian just fine, fix this extending the list of
>> supported formats for main plane and cursor plane to XR24/BX24 resp.
>> AR24/BA24.
>>
>> Fixes: 6ae2ff23aa43a0c4 ("drm/client: Convert drm_client_buffer_addfb() to drm_mode_addfb2()")
>> Reported-by: Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c47fba21-3ae9-4021-9f4a-09c2670ebdbc@xenosoft.de
>> Suggested-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Reviewed-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
>
Hi All,

The new patch works but I don't see the virtio-mouse-pci pointer 
anymore. I see the pointer with -device usb-tablet. Please check the 
second patch. I will use the first patch for the RC2 of kernel 6.7.

Thanks,
Christian