On 23.3.2018 15.50, Daniel Stone wrote: > Hi, > This short patchset makes modesetting use the shiny, new, and completely > not at all merged GetFB2 DRM ioctl: > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2018-March/170512.html > > When starting Xorg with -background none, it uses GetFB to interrogate > the current framebuffer, importing it into a Glamor texture so it can > copy back to its own storage. Unfortunately, if your buffer was > multi-planar (e.g. new Intel with auxiliary compression buffer), or just > too exotic to be described without a modifier (etnaviv in tiled mode), > GetFB fell short of what we actually needed. > > GetFB2 is the equivalent to AddFB2 (or AddFB2WithModifiers; both the > same from an ioctl point of view), so this ports modesetting to use that > where available and use with more complex buffers. > > The kernel ABI rules require positive review from real userspace (not > random hacked-up libdrm tests) before merging. Given that, I'd > appreciate someone taking a look at the use of GetFB2 here, and > following up with a statement that they think the ABI is actually good > and long-term usable for what Xorg needs. (Or, well, some kind of > constructive criticism.) > > Happy new-kernel-ABI Friday! > > Cheers, > Daniel
Hi, Is there a second version of patches 2 & 3 somewhere? AIUI this would need to land in xserver before the kernel patches can be accepted? -- t _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
