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authorAaron Plattner <aplattner@nvidia.com>2007-04-24 20:45:52 -0700
committerAaron Plattner <aplattner@nvidia.com>2007-04-24 20:45:52 -0700
commit88d44d5e4fd0025c30e9d67b55c603c59bd1c0c1 (patch)
treea61e37c8f43f66ccfb7c88a260436277c380a8ec
parent29433b76969b73a2a22081bf965bb0cdbaad75af (diff)
Get EXA resizing working and document it.
-rw-r--r--man/nv.man9
-rw-r--r--src/g80_driver.c31
-rw-r--r--src/g80_exa.c2
-rw-r--r--src/g80_type.h1
4 files changed, 38 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/nv.man b/man/nv.man
index 6ef62c5..9f5917f 100644
--- a/man/nv.man
+++ b/man/nv.man
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ Enable or disable the hardware cursor. Default: on.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q
+Choose acceleration architecture, either \*qXAA\*q or \*qEXA\*q.
+XAA is the old but stable architecture.
+EXA is newer and supports resizing the desktop larger than it started out with RandR 1.2.
+If you choose to use EXA, you might also consider setting
+.B Option \*qMigrationHeuristic\*q \*qgreedy\*q
+to improve performance.
+Default: XAA.
.\" ******************** end G80 section ********************
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/src/g80_driver.c b/src/g80_driver.c
index 3e93237..c81388c 100644
--- a/src/g80_driver.c
+++ b/src/g80_driver.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ G80FreeRec(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
static Bool
G80ResizeScreen(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int width, int height)
{
+ ScreenPtr pScreen = pScrn->pScreen;
G80Ptr pNv = G80PTR(pScrn);
xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(pScrn);
int pitch = width * (pScrn->bitsPerPixel / 8);
@@ -143,8 +144,8 @@ G80ResizeScreen(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int width, int height)
pScrn->virtualX = width;
pScrn->virtualY = height;
- /* Can resize if XAA is disabled */
- if(!pNv->xaa) {
+ /* Can resize if XAA is disabled or EXA is enabled */
+ if(!pNv->xaa || pNv->exa) {
(*pScrn->pScreen->GetScreenPixmap)(pScrn->pScreen)->devKind = pitch;
pScrn->displayWidth = pitch / (pScrn->bitsPerPixel / 8);
@@ -156,6 +157,23 @@ G80ResizeScreen(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int width, int height)
}
}
+ /*
+ * If EXA is enabled, use exaOffscreenAlloc to carve out a chunk of memory
+ * for the screen.
+ */
+ if(pNv->exa) {
+ if(pNv->exaScreenArea)
+ exaOffscreenFree(pScreen, pNv->exaScreenArea);
+ pNv->exaScreenArea = exaOffscreenAlloc(pScreen, pitch * pScrn->virtualY,
+ 256, TRUE, NULL, NULL);
+ if(!pNv->exaScreenArea || pNv->exaScreenArea->offset != 0) {
+ xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+ "Failed to reserve EXA memory for the screen or EXA "
+ "returned an area with a nonzero offset. Don't be "
+ "surprised if your screen is corrupt.\n");
+ }
+ }
+
return TRUE;
}
@@ -362,7 +380,7 @@ G80PreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags)
G80DispCreateCrtcs(pScrn);
/* We can grow the desktop if XAA is disabled */
- if(!xf86InitialConfiguration(pScrn, pNv->NoAccel)) {
+ if(!xf86InitialConfiguration(pScrn, pNv->NoAccel || pNv->AccelMethod == EXA)) {
xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
"No valid initial configuration found\n");
goto fail;
@@ -469,8 +487,13 @@ G80CloseScreen(int scrnIndex, ScreenPtr pScreen)
if(pNv->xaa)
XAADestroyInfoRec(pNv->xaa);
- if(pNv->exa)
+ if(pNv->exa) {
+ if(pNv->exaScreenArea) {
+ exaOffscreenFree(pScreen, pNv->exaScreenArea);
+ pNv->exaScreenArea = NULL;
+ }
exaDriverFini(pScrn->pScreen);
+ }
xf86_cursors_fini(pScreen);
if(xf86ServerIsExiting()) {
diff --git a/src/g80_exa.c b/src/g80_exa.c
index 8113c1a..96dbc21 100644
--- a/src/g80_exa.c
+++ b/src/g80_exa.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Bool G80ExaInit(ScreenPtr pScreen, ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
exa->exa_major = EXA_VERSION_MAJOR;
exa->exa_minor = EXA_VERSION_MINOR;
exa->memoryBase = pNv->mem;
- exa->offScreenBase = pitch * pScrn->virtualY;
+ exa->offScreenBase = 0;
exa->memorySize = pitch * pNv->offscreenHeight;
exa->pixmapOffsetAlign = 256;
exa->pixmapPitchAlign = 256;
diff --git a/src/g80_type.h b/src/g80_type.h
index 17acf93..15b8792 100644
--- a/src/g80_type.h
+++ b/src/g80_type.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ typedef struct G80Rec {
/* EXA */
ExaDriverPtr exa;
+ ExaOffscreenArea *exaScreenArea;
/* DMA command buffer */
CARD32 dmaPut;