This series adds a new "link bpc" DRM property. It reflects the display
link's actual achieved output bits per component, considering any
degradation of the bit depth done by drivers for bandwidth or other
reasons. The property's value is updated during an atomic commit, which
is also when it fires an uevent if it changed to let userspace know.

There's a weston implementation at [1] which makes use of this new
property. It is not representative of the entire use case of the
property, but rather a proof-of-concept.

[1]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/merge_requests/1850

---
Changes in v6:
- Drop amdgpu patch to unblock series.
- Reword property documentation to make it more explicit as to what bits
  this counts and why someone would want this.
- Reword first patch message to do the same.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260319-link-bpc-v5-0-5306cd04a708@collabora.com

Changes in v5:
- Split "drm/connector: hdmi: Add a 'link bpc' property" into two
  patches; one adding the property, the other making use for it in the
  HDMI helpers (Maxime)
- Apply Maxime's Ack to the two split patches as per the review
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260311-link-bpc-v4-0-51775e964720@collabora.com

Changes in v4:
- Throw out the workqueue and delayed work item
- Remove the drm_connector_update_link_bpc_state function
- Reimplement it by updating the property and firing the uevent in
  commit_tail
- Check that the provided max_bpc value in attach_link_bpc_property is
  within the expected range
- Clamp the connector state's link_bpc value between 8 and max_bpc so
  that no value outside the declared range is ever written to the drm
  property
- Update and reword doc strings
- Add an amdgpu implementation
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251022162843.1759-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/

Changes in v3:
- remove VRR mention from commit description (Ville)
- add DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE to flags (Ville)
- provide helpers functions for drivers to use (can be used by other
  types of connectors, not just HDMI)
- send uevent informating userspace when 'link bpc' connector state
  changed (Daniel @ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/merge_requests/1850)
- added missing doc entry
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251006083043.3115-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/

Changes in v2:
- replace return with EBUSY if connector already exists (Dmitry)
- add i-g-t test and an implementation for Weston (Dmitry)
- re-wording patch description (Jani)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250801101750.1726-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>

---
Nicolas Frattaroli (2):
      drm/connector: Add a 'link bpc' property
      drm/connector: hdmi: Add support for 'link bpc' property

 drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.c |  2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c             |  9 +++
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c               |  2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c                 | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/drm/drm_connector.h                     | 16 +++++
 5 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
---
base-commit: 3a48a999a2e3c3d1988d44370ed8f43ff54700b6
change-id: 20260309-link-bpc-d0afc475ac49

Best regards,
--  
Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>

On Monday, 30 March 2026 10:33:08 Central European Summer Time Nicolas Frattaroli wrote:
> This series adds a new "link bpc" DRM property. It reflects the display
> link's actual achieved output bits per component, considering any
> degradation of the bit depth done by drivers for bandwidth or other
> reasons. The property's value is updated during an atomic commit, which
> is also when it fires an uevent if it changed to let userspace know.
> 
> There's a weston implementation at [1] which makes use of this new
> property. It is not representative of the entire use case of the
> property, but rather a proof-of-concept.
> 
> [1]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/merge_requests/1850
> 
> ---
> Changes in v6:
> - Drop amdgpu patch to unblock series.
> - Reword property documentation to make it more explicit as to what bits
>   this counts and why someone would want this.
> - Reword first patch message to do the same.
> - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260319-link-bpc-v5-0-5306cd04a708@collabora.com
> 
> Changes in v5:
> - Split "drm/connector: hdmi: Add a 'link bpc' property" into two
>   patches; one adding the property, the other making use for it in the
>   HDMI helpers (Maxime)
> - Apply Maxime's Ack to the two split patches as per the review
> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260311-link-bpc-v4-0-51775e964720@collabora.com
> 
> Changes in v4:
> - Throw out the workqueue and delayed work item
> - Remove the drm_connector_update_link_bpc_state function
> - Reimplement it by updating the property and firing the uevent in
>   commit_tail
> - Check that the provided max_bpc value in attach_link_bpc_property is
>   within the expected range
> - Clamp the connector state's link_bpc value between 8 and max_bpc so
>   that no value outside the declared range is ever written to the drm
>   property
> - Update and reword doc strings
> - Add an amdgpu implementation
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251022162843.1759-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - remove VRR mention from commit description (Ville)
> - add DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE to flags (Ville)
> - provide helpers functions for drivers to use (can be used by other
>   types of connectors, not just HDMI)
> - send uevent informating userspace when 'link bpc' connector state
>   changed (Daniel @ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/merge_requests/1850)
> - added missing doc entry
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251006083043.3115-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - replace return with EBUSY if connector already exists (Dmitry)
> - add i-g-t test and an implementation for Weston (Dmitry)
> - re-wording patch description (Jani)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250801101750.1726-1-marius.vlad@collabora.com/T/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>
> 
> ---
> Nicolas Frattaroli (2):
>       drm/connector: Add a 'link bpc' property
>       drm/connector: hdmi: Add support for 'link bpc' property
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.c |  2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c             |  9 +++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c               |  2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c                 | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_connector.h                     | 16 +++++
>  5 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
> ---
> base-commit: 3a48a999a2e3c3d1988d44370ed8f43ff54700b6
> change-id: 20260309-link-bpc-d0afc475ac49
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>
> 
> 

There's a lot of unresolved discussion on v5 of the series going on at
the moment, so please don't merge v6 despite the acks, there will likely
be a v7.

Kind regards,
Nicolas Frattaroli