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.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
:functions: amdgpu_dm_atomic_check amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail
+
+Color Management Properties
+===========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_color.c
+ :doc: overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_color.c
+ :internal:
+
+
+DC Color Capabilities between DCN generations
+---------------------------------------------
+
+DRM/KMS framework defines three CRTC color correction properties: degamma,
+color transformation matrix (CTM) and gamma, and two properties for degamma and
+gamma LUT sizes. AMD DC programs some of the color correction features
+pre-blending but DRM/KMS has not per-plane color correction properties.
+
+In general, the DRM CRTC color properties are programmed to DC, as follows:
+CRTC gamma after blending, and CRTC degamma pre-blending. Although CTM is
+programmed after blending, it is mapped to DPP hw blocks (pre-blending). Other
+color caps available in the hw is not currently exposed by DRM interface and
+are bypassed.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc.h
+ :doc: color-management-caps
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc.h
+ :internal:
+
+The color pipeline has undergone major changes between DCN hardware
+generations. What's possible to do before and after blending depends on
+hardware capabilities, as illustrated below by the DCN 2.0 and DCN 3.0 families
+schemas.
+
+**DCN 2.0 family color caps and mapping**
+
+.. kernel-figure:: dcn2_cm_drm_current.svg
+
+**DCN 3.0 family color caps and mapping**
+
+.. kernel-figure:: dcn3_cm_drm_current.svg
+
+Blend Mode Properties
+=====================
+
+Pixel blend mode is a DRM plane composition property of :c:type:`drm_plane` used to
+describes how pixels from a foreground plane (fg) are composited with the
+background plane (bg). Here, we present main concepts of DRM blend mode to help
+to understand how this property is mapped to AMD DC interface. See more about
+this DRM property and the alpha blending equations in :ref:`DRM Plane
+Composition Properties <plane_composition_properties>`.
+
+Basically, a blend mode sets the alpha blending equation for plane
+composition that fits the mode in which the alpha channel affects the state of
+pixel color values and, therefore, the resulted pixel color. For
+example, consider the following elements of the alpha blending equation:
+
+- *fg.rgb*: Each of the RGB component values from the foreground's pixel.
+- *fg.alpha*: Alpha component value from the foreground's pixel.
+- *bg.rgb*: Each of the RGB component values from the background.
+- *plane_alpha*: Plane alpha value set by the **plane "alpha" property**, see
+ more in :ref:`DRM Plane Composition Properties <plane_composition_properties>`.
+
+in the basic alpha blending equation::
+
+ out.rgb = alpha * fg.rgb + (1 - alpha) * bg.rgb
+
+the alpha channel value of each pixel in a plane is ignored and only the plane
+alpha affects the resulted pixel color values.
+
+DRM has three blend mode to define the blend formula in the plane composition:
+
+* **None**: Blend formula that ignores the pixel alpha.
+
+* **Pre-multiplied**: Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values in a
+ plane was already pre-multiplied by its own alpha channel before storage.
+
+* **Coverage**: Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values were not
+ pre-multiplied with the alpha channel values.
+
+and pre-multiplied is the default pixel blend mode, that means, when no blend
+mode property is created or defined, DRM considers the plane's pixels has
+pre-multiplied color values. On IGT GPU tools, the kms_plane_alpha_blend test
+provides a set of subtests to verify plane alpha and blend mode properties.
+
+The DRM blend mode and its elements are then mapped by AMDGPU display manager
+(DM) to program the blending configuration of the Multiple Pipe/Plane Combined
+(MPC), as follows:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/hw/mpc.h
+ :functions: mpcc_blnd_cfg
+
+Therefore, the blending configuration for a single MPCC instance on the MPC
+tree is defined by :c:type:`mpcc_blnd_cfg`, where
+:c:type:`pre_multiplied_alpha` is the alpha pre-multiplied mode flag used to
+set :c:type:`MPCC_ALPHA_MULTIPLIED_MODE`. It controls whether alpha is
+multiplied (true/false), being only true for DRM pre-multiplied blend mode.
+:c:type:`mpcc_alpha_blend_mode` defines the alpha blend mode regarding pixel
+alpha and plane alpha values. It sets one of the three modes for
+:c:type:`MPCC_ALPHA_BLND_MODE`, as described below.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/hw/mpc.h
+ :functions: mpcc_alpha_blend_mode
+
+DM then maps the elements of `enum mpcc_alpha_blend_mode` to those in the DRM
+blend formula, as follows:
+
+* *MPC pixel alpha* matches *DRM fg.alpha* as the alpha component value
+ from the plane's pixel
+* *MPC global alpha* matches *DRM plane_alpha* when the pixel alpha should
+ be ignored and, therefore, pixel values are not pre-multiplied
+* *MPC global gain* assumes *MPC global alpha* value when both *DRM
+ fg.alpha* and *DRM plane_alpha* participate in the blend equation
+
+In short, *fg.alpha* is ignored by selecting
+:c:type:`MPCC_ALPHA_BLEND_MODE_GLOBAL_ALPHA`. On the other hand, (plane_alpha *
+fg.alpha) component becomes available by selecting
+:c:type:`MPCC_ALPHA_BLEND_MODE_PER_PIXEL_ALPHA_COMBINED_GLOBAL_GAIN`. And the
+:c:type:`MPCC_ALPHA_MULTIPLIED_MODE` defines if the pixel color values are
+pre-multiplied by alpha or not.
+
+Blend configuration flow
+------------------------
+
+The alpha blending equation is configured from DRM to DC interface by the
+following path:
+
+1. When updating a :c:type:`drm_plane_state <drm_plane_state>`, DM calls
+ :c:type:`amdgpu_dm_plane_fill_blending_from_plane_state()` that maps
+ :c:type:`drm_plane_state <drm_plane_state>` attributes to
+ :c:type:`dc_plane_info <dc_plane_info>` struct to be handled in the
+ OS-agnostic component (DC).
+
+2. On DC interface, :c:type:`struct mpcc_blnd_cfg <mpcc_blnd_cfg>` programs the
+ MPCC blend configuration considering the :c:type:`dc_plane_info
+ <dc_plane_info>` input from DPP.