[PATCH randrproto] Add "Border" and "BorderDimensions" properties
Stéphane Marchesin
stephane.marchesin at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 18:22:34 PDT 2011
2011/8/2 Aaron Plattner <aplattner at nvidia.com>:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 01:54:39PM -0700, Stéphane Marchesin wrote:
>> 2011/8/2 Aaron Plattner <aplattner at nvidia.com>:
>> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 01:15:19PM -0700, Stéphane Marchesin wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:27, Aaron Plattner <aplattner at nvidia.com> wrote:
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Aaron Plattner <aplattner at nvidia.com>
>> >> > ---
>> >> > Does this interface make sense? I tried to describe what it should do as
>> >> > accurately as possible.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm working on a corresponding change to the server to make it read this
>> >> > property and apply it during modesets. This is option #3 as described in
>> >> > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-July/023888.html
>> >> >
>> >> > randr.h | 2 +
>> >> > randrproto.txt | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> >> > 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> >> >
>> >> > diff --git a/randr.h b/randr.h
>> >> > index 41aedd5..9cb9403 100644
>> >> > --- a/randr.h
>> >> > +++ b/randr.h
>> >> > @@ -181,5 +181,7 @@ typedef unsigned long XRandrModeFlags;
>> >> > #define RR_PROPERTY_CONNECTOR_NUMBER "ConnectorNumber"
>> >> > #define RR_PROPERTY_COMPATIBILITY_LIST "CompatibilityList"
>> >> > #define RR_PROPERTY_CLONE_LIST "CloneList"
>> >> > +#define RR_PROPERTY_BORDER "Border"
>> >> > +#define RR_PROPERTY_BORDER_DIMENSIONS "BorderDimensions"
>> >> >
>> >> > #endif /* _RANDR_H_ */
>> >> > diff --git a/randrproto.txt b/randrproto.txt
>> >> > index ce462ea..03a5351 100644
>> >> > --- a/randrproto.txt
>> >> > +++ b/randrproto.txt
>> >> > @@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ underlying hardware to clients
>> >> > providing the server a complete configuration for appropriate
>> >> > resource management.
>> >> >
>> >> > + • An optional Border property. This property allows a client to
>> >> > + specify that the viewport of the CRTC is smaller than the actve
>> >>
>> >> active
>> >
>> > Whoops, thanks.
>> >
>> >> > + display region described its mode. This is useful, for example,
>> >> > + for compensating for the overscan behavior of certain
>> >> > + televisions.
>> >> > +
>> >> > The first two additions, per-crtc pixmaps and sprite transforms are
>> >> > designed to solve two problems:
>> >> >
>> >> > @@ -1006,8 +1012,8 @@ dynamic changes in the display environment.
>> >> >
>> >> > 'width' and 'height' indicate the size of the area within the screen
>> >> > presented by this CRTC. This may be different than the size of the
>> >> > - mode due to rotation. They will be set to 0 when the CRTC
>> >> > - is disabled.
>> >> > + mode due to rotation, the projective transform, and the Border property
>> >> > + described below. They will be set to 0 when the CRTC is disabled.
>> >> >
>> >> > 'mode' indicates which mode is active, or None indicating that the
>> >> > CRTC has been disabled and is not displaying the screen contents.
>> >> > @@ -1585,8 +1591,8 @@ factors, such as re-cabling a monitor, etc.
>> >> > rotation: ROTATION; new rotation
>> >> > x: INT16 x position of CRTC within screen
>> >> > y: INT16 y position of CRTC within screen
>> >> > - width: CARD16 width of new mode
>> >> > - height: CARD16 height of new mode
>> >> > + width: CARD16 width of new configuration
>> >> > + height: CARD16 height of new configuration
>> >> > └───
>> >> > This event is generated whenever the CRTC configuration is changed
>> >> > and sent to requesting clients. 'timestamp' indicates when the
>> >> > @@ -1594,7 +1600,9 @@ factors, such as re-cabling a monitor, etc.
>> >> > event. 'mode' is the new mode, or None if the crtc is disabled.
>> >> > 'x' and 'y' mark the location in the screen where this CRTC
>> >> > is reading data. 'width' and 'height' indicate the size of the
>> >> > - mode. 'x', 'y, 'width' and 'height' are all zero when 'mode' is None.
>> >> > + CRTC viewport, which is the mode size adjusted by the optional
>> >> > + Border output property described below. 'x', 'y, 'width' and
>> >> > + 'height' are all zero when 'mode' is None.
>> >> >
>> >> > This event is sent whenever the monitor's configuration changes
>> >> > or if a new monitor configuration becomes available that was
>> >> > @@ -1766,6 +1774,68 @@ doesn't handle a mandatory property correctly.
>> >> > a signal change (e.g. TV formats). Clients are allowed to change the
>> >> > properties in order to select a different signal subformat.
>> >> >
>> >> > + "Border" aka RR_PROPERTY_BORDER
>> >> > + Type: int16 [n]
>> >
>> > I'm thinking maybe I should change this to uint16, to match the type of the
>> > width/height fields of MODEINFO. I don't know why you'd want a 65535x65535 mode
>> > with a 1x1 active area, but it seems silly to disallow it in the protocol.
>> >
>>
>> I thought about it, but didn't see any unsigned int anywhere else in
>> the file. Not sure if that was intentional.
>
> You mean in properties? It's definitely possible, using type XA_CARDINAL.
> It might be worth changing these types to the corresponding type atoms &
> formats just for clarity's sake.
>
> The mode sizes are CARD16, so they'd corresponding to property type
> XA_CARDINAL, format=16.
>
>> >> > + Flags: Immutable
>> >>
>> >> Hmm, why Immutable?
>> >
>> > Immutable just prevents clients from reconfiguring or deleting the
>> > property. It doesn't prevent clients changing the size or contents of the
>> > property (I know, that confused me too).
>> >
Reviewed-by: Stéphane Marchesin <marcheu at chromium.org>
Stéphane
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