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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drm/i915: Replace "Broadcast RGB" with "RGB quantization range" property
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On Monday, April 13, 2020 11:40 PM, Yussuf Khalil <dev@pp3345.net> wrote:

> DRM now has a globally available "RGB quantization range" connector
> property. i915's "Broadcast RGB" that fulfils the same purpose is now
> considered deprecated, so drop it in favor of the DRM property.

For a UAPI point-of-view, I'm not sure this is fine. Some user-space
might depend on this property, dropping it would break such user-space.

Can we make this property deprecated but still keep it for backwards
compatibility?