adjusted_mode->hsync_start == adjusted_mode->hdisplay)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if ((IS_G4X(dev) || IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev)) && pipe_config->pipe_bpp > 10*3) {
-               pipe_config->pipe_bpp = 10*3; /* 12bpc is gen5+ */
-       } else if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen <= 4 && pipe_config->pipe_bpp > 8*3) {
-               /* only a 8bpc pipe, with 6bpc dither through the panel fitter
-                * for lvds. */
-               pipe_config->pipe_bpp = 8*3;
-       }
-
        if (HAS_IPS(dev))
                hsw_compute_ips_config(crtc, pipe_config);
 
 
 static int
 compute_baseline_pipe_bpp(struct intel_crtc *crtc,
-                         struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
                          struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config)
 {
        struct drm_device *dev = crtc->base.dev;
        struct intel_connector *connector;
        int bpp, i;
 
-       switch (fb->pixel_format) {
-       case DRM_FORMAT_C8:
-               bpp = 8*3; /* since we go through a colormap */
-               break;
-       case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555:
-               /* checked in intel_framebuffer_init already */
-               if (WARN_ON(INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen > 3))
-                       return -EINVAL;
-       case DRM_FORMAT_RGB565:
-               bpp = 6*3; /* min is 18bpp */
-               break;
-       case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888:
-               /* checked in intel_framebuffer_init already */
-               if (WARN_ON(INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4))
-                       return -EINVAL;
-       case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888:
-               bpp = 8*3;
-               break;
-       case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB2101010:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB2101010:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR2101010:
-       case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR2101010:
-               /* checked in intel_framebuffer_init already */
-               if (WARN_ON(INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4))
-                       return -EINVAL;
+       if ((IS_G4X(dev) || IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev)))
                bpp = 10*3;
-               break;
-       /* TODO: gen4+ supports 16 bpc floating point, too. */
-       default:
-               DRM_DEBUG_KMS("unsupported depth\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+       else if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 5)
+               bpp = 12*3;
+       else
+               bpp = 8*3;
+
 
        pipe_config->pipe_bpp = bpp;
 
        struct intel_connector *connector;
        struct drm_connector_state *connector_state;
        struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config;
-       int plane_bpp, ret = -EINVAL;
+       int base_bpp, ret = -EINVAL;
        int i;
        bool retry = true;
 
         * plane pixel format and any sink constraints into account. Returns the
         * source plane bpp so that dithering can be selected on mismatches
         * after encoders and crtc also have had their say. */
-       plane_bpp = compute_baseline_pipe_bpp(to_intel_crtc(crtc),
-                                             fb, pipe_config);
-       if (plane_bpp < 0)
+       base_bpp = compute_baseline_pipe_bpp(to_intel_crtc(crtc),
+                                            pipe_config);
+       if (base_bpp < 0)
                goto fail;
 
        /*
                goto encoder_retry;
        }
 
-       pipe_config->dither = pipe_config->pipe_bpp != plane_bpp;
+       pipe_config->dither = pipe_config->pipe_bpp != base_bpp;
        DRM_DEBUG_KMS("plane bpp: %i, pipe bpp: %i, dithering: %i\n",
-                     plane_bpp, pipe_config->pipe_bpp, pipe_config->dither);
+                     base_bpp, pipe_config->pipe_bpp, pipe_config->dither);
 
        return pipe_config;
 fail: