From 1e482f75f169861e992eb6b5602dc73a9e0b63a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Slusarz Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:32:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] drm/nouveau: by default use low bpp framebuffer on low memory cards Framebuffer's BPP is not that important but can waste significant part of memory on low-VRAM cards. Lower it to 8bpp on < 32MB cards and to 16bpp on 64MB cards. It can still be overridden by video= option. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs --- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c index 14a8627..3a4cc32 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c @@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ int nouveau_fbcon_init(struct drm_device *dev) { struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private; struct nouveau_fbdev *nfbdev; + int preferred_bpp; int ret; nfbdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nouveau_fbdev), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -505,7 +506,15 @@ int nouveau_fbcon_init(struct drm_device *dev) } drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(&nfbdev->helper); - drm_fb_helper_initial_config(&nfbdev->helper, 32); + + if (dev_priv->vram_size <= 32 * 1024 * 1024) + preferred_bpp = 8; + else if (dev_priv->vram_size <= 64 * 1024 * 1024) + preferred_bpp = 16; + else + preferred_bpp = 32; + + drm_fb_helper_initial_config(&nfbdev->helper, preferred_bpp); return 0; } -- 2.7.4