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authorMichel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>2017-03-02 17:24:03 +0900
committerMichel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>2017-03-03 16:12:26 +0900
commitaf0b24c1aca4cba2692d5aa410e63cb536478dbe (patch)
tree4fb901c4c419cb97dce9165bfe8092dc78ac53cc /man
parent77853f02e5b879e7042f55c672cf2d8e6955309f (diff)
Allow toggling TearFree at runtime via output property
Option "TearFree" now sets the default value of the output property. See the manpage update for details. TearFree is now enabled by default for outputs using rotation or other RandR transforms, and for RandR 1.4 slave outputs. (Ported from radeon commit 58cd1600057e41aade0106d4acf78e23eac6e44f) Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
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@@ -73,10 +73,17 @@ Enable DRI2 page flipping. The default is
.B on.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qTearFree\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Enable tearing prevention using the hardware page flipping mechanism. Requires allocating two
-separate scanout buffers for each CRTC. Enabling this option currently disables Option
-\*qEnablePageFlip\*q. The default is
-.B off.
+Set the default value of the per-output 'TearFree' property, which controls
+tearing prevention using the hardware page flipping mechanism. TearFree is
+on for any CRTC associated with one or more outputs with TearFree on. Two
+separate scanout buffers need to be allocated for each CRTC with TearFree
+on. While TearFree is on for any CRTC, it currently prevents clients from using
+DRI page flipping. If this option is set, the default value of the property is
+'on' or 'off' accordingly. If this option isn't set, the default value of the
+property is
+.B auto,
+which means that TearFree is on for outputs with rotation or other RandR
+transforms, and for RandR 1.4 slave outputs, otherwise off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q
Setting this option to