Compositors have different ways of assigning surfaces to DRM planes for
render offloading. It may decide between various strategies: overlay,
underlay, or a mix of both (see here for more info:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libliftoff/-/issues/76)
One way for compositors to implement the underlay strategy is to assign
a higher zpos to the DRM_PRIMARY plane than the DRM_OVERLAY planes,
effectively turning the DRM_OVERLAY plane into an underlay plane.
Today, amdgpu attaches an immutable zpos of 0 to the DRM_PRIMARY plane.
This however, is an arbitrary restriction. DCN pipes are general
purpose, and can be arranged in any z-order. To support compositors
using this allocation scheme, we can set a non-zero immutable zpos for
the PRIMARY, allowing the placement of OVERLAYS (mutable zpos range
0-254) beneath the PRIMARY.
[How]
Assign a zpos = #no of OVERLAY planes to the PRIMARY plane. Then, clean
up any assumptions in the driver of PRIMARY plane having the lowest
zpos.
v2: Fix typo s/decending/descending/
Reviewed-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@amd.com> Acked-by: Zaeem Mohamed <zaeem.mohamed@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Leo Li <sunpeng.li@amd.com> Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com> Tested-by: Daniel Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>