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diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am index 2b541957..0f197a9f 100644 --- a/man/Makefile.am +++ b/man/Makefile.am @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ appman_PRE = \ intel_gpu_top.man \ intel_gtt.man \ intel_lid.man \ + intel_panel_fitter.man \ intel_reg_dumper.man \ intel_reg_read.man \ intel_reg_write.man \ diff --git a/man/intel_panel_fitter.man b/man/intel_panel_fitter.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9a46a2ed --- /dev/null +++ b/man/intel_panel_fitter.man @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH intel_panel_fitter __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ +.SH NAME +intel_panel_fitter \- Change the panel fitter settings +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B intel_panel_fitter [options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B intel_panel_fitter +is a tool that allows you to change the panel fitter settings, so you can change +the size of the screen being displayed on your monitor without changing the real +pixel size of your desktop. The biggest use case for this tool is to work around +overscan done by TVs and some monitors in interlaced mode. +.SS Options +.TP +.B -p [pipe] +pipe to be used (A, B or C, but C is only present on Ivy Bridge and newer). +.TP +.B -x [value] +final screen width size in pixels (needs -p option). +.TP +.B -y [value] +final screen height size in pixels (needs -p option). +.TP +.B -d +disable panel fitter (needs -p option, ignores -x and -y options). +.TP +.B -l +list current state of each pipe. +.TP +.B -h +prints the help message. +.SS + +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B intel_panel_fitter -l +will list the current status of each pipe, so you can decide what to do. +.TP +.B intel_panel_fitter -p A -x 1850 -y 1040 +will change the pipe A size to 1850x1040 pixels. +.TP +.B intel_panel_fitter -p A -d +will disable the panel fitter for pipe A. + +.SH NOTES +In the future, there will be support for this feature inside the Linux Kernel. + +Machines older than Ironlake are still not supported, but support may be +possible to implement. |