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 10/13] drm/client: splash: take the background colour from the image source
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:19:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad6a04b7-cf57-4b22-9c22-85a61af29f1f@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013093243.505776-11-maximpedraza@gmail.com>
Am 13.10.26 um 11:32 schrieb Màxim Pedraza Padilla:
> A logo designed for a light background looks wrong framed in black, and
> products that share a board support package differ in their colours as
> much as in their logos. The background colour belongs with the image,
> so take it from the same place:
>
> - a device tree image uses the optional "background-color" of its node;
> - the BGRT carries no colour, and firmware splashes sit on black, so it
> uses the kernel's default;
> - the BMP loaded as firmware is named on the command line, and so is its
> colour, through drm_client_lib.splash_color, which also covers the
> screen when there is no image at all.
Please see my earlier comment in module parameters.
>
> CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR remains the default wherever
> the source says nothing. The command line no longer overrides a device
> tree image: a bootloader that wants another colour for a given boot,
> say to flag a failed test on a production line, changes the node.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
> Signed-off-by: Màxim Pedraza Padilla <maximpedraza@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig | 7 ++++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> index aef3781cc110..f471019bab87 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/Kconfig
> @@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR
> help
> The default splash background color, in RGB888 format.
>
> - The color can be overridden through the drm_client_lib.splash_color
> - kernel command line parameter.
> + 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.
>
> config DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_DT
> bool "Device tree as splash source"
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> index fdf398987007..463aff27c747 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_splash.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
>
> static unsigned int splash_color = CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_BACKGROUND_COLOR;
> module_param(splash_color, uint, 0400);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_color, "Splash background color (RGB888)");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(splash_color,
> + "Background color (RGB888) around the BMP loaded as firmware, or of the whole screen with no image");
>
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_CLIENT_SPLASH_SRC_BMP)
> #define DEFAULT_SPLASH_BMP "drm_splash.bmp"
> @@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ struct drm_splash {
> s32 off_x, off_y;
> /* One of DRM_MODE_ROTATE_*: turns the image, not the screen */
> unsigned int rotation;
> + /* RGB888, from the same place as the image */
> + u32 bg_color;
> };
>
> static struct drm_splash *client_to_drm_splash(struct drm_client_dev *client)
> @@ -271,12 +274,18 @@ static struct device_node *drm_splash_dt_node(struct drm_splash *splash)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> -/* The optional placement properties of the node, read once */
> -static void drm_splash_dt_placement(struct drm_splash *splash,
> - struct device_node *np)
> +/* The optional properties of the node, read once */
> +static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
> + struct device_node *np)
> {
> u32 val[2];
>
> + /* The colour travels with the image, or it is the kernel's default */
> + 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];
> splash->pos_y = (s32)val[1];
> @@ -365,8 +374,8 @@ static struct device_node *drm_splash_dt_node(struct drm_splash *splash)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> -static void drm_splash_dt_placement(struct drm_splash *splash,
> - struct device_node *np)
> +static void drm_splash_dt_props(struct drm_splash *splash,
> + struct device_node *np)
> {
> }
>
> @@ -780,13 +789,22 @@ static enum drm_splash_source drm_splash_pick_source(struct drm_splash *splash)
>
> np = drm_splash_dt_node(splash);
> if (np) {
> - drm_splash_dt_placement(splash, np);
> + drm_splash_dt_props(splash, np);
> of_node_put(np);
> return DRM_SPLASH_SRC_DT;
> }
>
> - if (drm_splash_bgrt_available(splash))
> + /* 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;
> 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;
>
> @@ -844,7 +862,7 @@ static int drm_splash_render_thread(void *data)
>
> if (!scanout->bg_drawn) {
> drm_dbg(client->dev, "draw background for scanout %d", i);
> - u32 color = drm_draw_color_from_xrgb8888(splash_color,
> + u32 color = drm_draw_color_from_xrgb8888(splash->bg_color,
> scanout->format);
> drm_splash_fill_solid_color(scanout->buffer, color);
> scanout->bg_drawn = true;
--
--
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)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 11:20 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 [this message]
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
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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