[PATCH 0/3] drm: zynqmp: Make the video plane primary

[Sean Anderson]

Hi Thomas,

On 11/14/25 02:42, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 13.11.25 um 21:37 schrieb Sean Anderson:
>> The graphics plane does not support XRGB8888, which is the default mode
>> X uses for 24-bit color. Because of this, X must be set to use 16-bit
>> color, which has a measurable performance penalty. Make the video plane
>> the primary plane as it natively supports XRGB8888. An alternative
>> approach to add XRGB8888 to the graphics plane is discussed in [1], as
>> well as in patch 2.
> 
> Did you try to set drm_device.mode_config.preferred_depth = 16, like at [1]?  IIRC user space looks at this value to auto-detect the color format.

I have not tried that. But I would rather use 24-bit color for the performance boost.

--Sean