[PATCH] drm/edid: request HDMI underscan by default (original) (raw)

Daniel Drake drake at endlessm.com
Thu Feb 27 07:19:30 PST 2014

Working with HDMI TVs is a real pain as they tend to overscan by default, meaning that the pixels around the edge of the framebuffer are not displayed. This is well explained here: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/8705.html

There is a bit in the HDMI info frame that can request that the remote display shows the full pixel data ("underscan"). For the remote display, the HDMI spec states that this is optional - it doesn't have to listen. That means that most TVs will probably ignore this.

But, maybe there are a handful of TVs for which this would help the situation. As we live in a digital world, ask the remote display not to overscan by default.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <drake at endlessm.com>

drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Replaces the patch titled "video: hdmi: request underscan by default" This version moves the change to the DRM layer, as requested by Ville Syrjälä.

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c index b924306..f8d8a1d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c @@ -3599,6 +3599,7 @@ drm_hdmi_avi_infoframe_from_display_mode(struct hdmi_avi_infoframe *frame, frame->picture_aspect = HDMI_PICTURE_ASPECT_NONE; frame->active_aspect = HDMI_ACTIVE_ASPECT_PICTURE; + frame->scan_mode = HDMI_SCAN_MODE_UNDERSCAN; return 0; }

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