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The naming scheme for the RGB pixel formats has been developed organically, and isn't consistent between formats using less than 8 bits per pixels (mostly stored in 1 or 2 bytes per pixel, except for RGB666 that uses 4 bytes per pixel) and formats with 8 bits per pixel (stored in 3 or 4 bytes). For the latter category, the names use a components order convention that is the opposite of the first category, and the opposite of DRM pixel formats. This has led to lots of confusion in the past, and would really benefit from being explained more precisely. Do so, which also prepares for the addition of additional RGB pixels formats. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.