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authorPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2010-10-15 13:46:59 +1000
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2010-10-15 13:46:59 +1000
commiteaf0b6a4d83d49930d21d5191f335fcac962632e (patch)
treeb158918ee5a1d9a18fbaa0a12f0807d0828c43a8 /doc
parent693e92d4049ee76d074737480f3fc1bb236f4278 (diff)
parent23229c7ce5970516b97a1cc12e65257ff65ab9a7 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into input-api
Conflicts: config/udev.c hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c hw/xfree86/common/xf86Module.h hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.h hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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diff --git a/doc/xml/Xserver-spec.xml b/doc/xml/Xserver-spec.xml
index ec7f1b77b..62992826f 100644
--- a/doc/xml/Xserver-spec.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/Xserver-spec.xml
@@ -4831,16 +4831,16 @@ If the function is called more than once on the same key, all calls must use
the same value for <type>size</type> or the server will abort.</para>
<para>
-To request private space and have the server manage the key, use
+To request per-screen private space in an object, use
<blockquote><programlisting>
- DevPrivateKey dixCreatePrivateKey(DevPrivateType type, unsigned size);
+ Bool dixRegisterScreenPrivateKey(DevScreenPrivateKey key, ScreenPtr pScreen, DevPrivateType type, unsigned size);
</programlisting></blockquote>
The <parameter>type</parameter> and <parameter>size</parameter> arguments are
the same as those to <function>dixRegisterPrivateKey</function> but this
-function allocates a <type>DevPrivateKeyRec</type> and returns a pointer to it
-instead of requiring the caller to pass a pointer to an existing structure.
-The server will free it automatically when the privates system is restarted
-at server reset time.</para>
+function ensures the given <parameter>key</parameter> exists on objects of
+the specified type with distinct storage for the given
+<parameter>pScreen</parameter>. The key is usable on ScreenPrivate variants
+that are otherwise equivalent to the following Private functions.</para>
<para>
To attach a piece of private data to an object, use: