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authorGeert Uytterhoeven2022-07-08 20:20:53 +0200
committerSam Ravnborg2022-07-09 15:08:45 +0200
commit8aba4d30520ed656065eb36f0628109bdea385ee (patch)
tree548417ccd32adc4b61c59f3f5da30b071900cc38
parent0a2486f85e0cfa6439116abb9078ab888a619746 (diff)
drm/fourcc: Clarify the meaning of single-channel "red"
Traditionally, the first channel has been called the "red" channel, but the fourcc values for single-channel "red" formats can also be used for other single-channel formats with a direct relationship between channel value and brightness, like grayscale. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/31d1792f26707a7270347e9916b4103470d2b192.1657294931.git.geert@linux-m68k.org
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
index b9c746c3ebbc..9521057701c4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ extern "C" {
#define DRM_FORMAT_C4 fourcc_code('C', '4', ' ', ' ') /* [7:0] C0:C1 4:4 two pixels/byte */
#define DRM_FORMAT_C8 fourcc_code('C', '8', ' ', ' ') /* [7:0] C */
-/* 8 bpp Red */
+/* 8 bpp Red (direct relationship between channel value and brightness) */
#define DRM_FORMAT_R8 fourcc_code('R', '8', ' ', ' ') /* [7:0] R */
-/* 10 bpp Red */
+/* 10 bpp Red (direct relationship between channel value and brightness) */
#define DRM_FORMAT_R10 fourcc_code('R', '1', '0', ' ') /* [15:0] x:R 6:10 little endian */
-/* 12 bpp Red */
+/* 12 bpp Red (direct relationship between channel value and brightness) */
#define DRM_FORMAT_R12 fourcc_code('R', '1', '2', ' ') /* [15:0] x:R 4:12 little endian */
-/* 16 bpp Red */
+/* 16 bpp Red (direct relationship between channel value and brightness) */
#define DRM_FORMAT_R16 fourcc_code('R', '1', '6', ' ') /* [15:0] R little endian */
/* 16 bpp RG */