[PATCH xf86-video-ati] Update manpage entry for Option "TearFree"

Michel Dänzer michel at daenzer.net
Mon Apr 4 06:00:51 UTC 2016


From: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>

It's now effective for rotation as well.

(Ported from amdgpu commit faf9d720b7d650f5f1ea657a874d08eac3972e60)

Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>
---
 man/radeon.man | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man
index fa55c6d..1acdc63 100644
--- a/man/radeon.man
+++ b/man/radeon.man
@@ -279,9 +279,10 @@ Pageflipping is supported on all radeon hardware.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qTearFree\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 Enable tearing prevention using the hardware page flipping mechanism. This
-option currently doesn't have any effect for rotated CRTCs. It requires
-allocating two separate scanout buffers for each non-rotated CRTC. Enabling
-this option currently disables Option \*qEnablePageFlip\*q. The default is
+option currently doesn't have any effect for CRTCs using transforms other than
+rotation or reflection. It requires allocating two separate scanout buffers for
+each supported CRTC. Enabling this option currently disables Option
+\*qEnablePageFlip\*q. The default is
 .B off.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" "string" \*q
-- 
2.8.0.rc3



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