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| author | Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> | 2011-03-09 08:27:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> | 2011-03-09 08:37:02 +0000 |
| commit | 049ce4397ddf7fd088ce364cbb53cacf5133176f (patch) | |
| tree | 18ba8567e79a818d85af8676179dce5e178cacab /man/intel.man | |
| parent | 0bb1a5f19e09dc553761ddd90bf6319eab94a597 (diff) | |
Give each user of tiling separate xorg.conf options
So that you can indeed allocate a linear framebuffer if you so desire
without breaking mesa.
Adds:
Section "Driver"
Option "LinearFramebuffer" "False|True" # default false
EndSection
to xorg.conf
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'man/intel.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/intel.man | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/intel.man b/man/intel.man index db4c1451..4fd0ce73 100644 --- a/man/intel.man +++ b/man/intel.man @@ -181,12 +181,20 @@ the framerate of applications that render frames at less than refresh rate. Default: enabled. .TP .BI "Option \*qTiling\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This option controls whether memory buffers are allocated in tiled mode. In +This option controls whether memory buffers for Pixmaps are allocated in tiled mode. In most cases (especially for complex rendering), tiling dramatically improves performance. .IP Default: enabled. .TP +.BI "Option \*qLinearFramebuffer\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This option controls whether the memory for the scanout (also known as the +front or frame buffer) is allocated in linear memory. A tiled framebuffer is +required for power conservation features, but for certain system configurations +you may wish to override this and force a linear layout. +.IP +Default: disabled +.TP .BI "Option \*qXvMC\*q \*q" boolean \*q Enable XvMC driver. Current support MPEG2 MC on 915/945 and G33 series. User should provide absolute path to libIntelXvMC.so in XvMCConfig file. |