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diff --git a/man/vmware.man b/man/vmware.man index fd12717..288981c 100644 --- a/man/vmware.man +++ b/man/vmware.man @@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ vmware \- VMware SVGA video driver .SH DESCRIPTION .B vmware is an __xservername__ driver for VMware virtual video cards. +.SH MODESETTING, XINERAMA AND RANDR12 +If the driver can connect to the \*qvmwgfx\*q kernel module on linux, it +will attempt to use kernel modesetting and will then also use RandR12 for +multiple output operation instead of Xinerama. The X server log or the +\*qxrandr\*q application can be used to determine whether RandR12 or Xinerama +is actually used. +.SH 3D ACCELERATION +If the driver can connect to the \*qvmwgfx\*q kernel module on linux, and +the Virtual Machine is set up to use 3D acceleration, the driver will try to +use Gallium3D XA to accelerate 3D operations. It will also by default enable +DRI, the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, primarily for accelerated OpenGL. +If 3D acceleration is available, +the driver will in addition provide an additional XVideo adaptor for textured +video. Gallium3D XA,\*libxatracker.so\*q and the accelerated OpenGL driver, +\*qvmwgfx_dri.so\*q is provided by the mesa distribution. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this @@ -35,9 +50,51 @@ hardware supports it. .BI "Option \*qStaticXinerama\*q \*q" string \*q Provide a static xinerama geometry that will be active at server startup and will not be overridden at runtime. -The format is "Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" -and so on. Negative offsets are not supported. +The format is "Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" and so on. Negative offsets are not supported. If the driver is using +RandR12, this option should be used to place and enable outputs at driver +startup time or else when VMware tools is not used for that purpose. +Also please see option \*qGuiLayout\*q. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qGuiLayout\*q \*q" string \*q +A synonym to option \*qStaticXinerama\*q, since the latter name is somewhat +misleading when RandR12 is favoured before Xinerarma. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qAddDefaultMode\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Provide a default mode with a resolution identical to the resolution of the +guest before the X server was started. The X server will thus try to start +without changing resolution. Default: on. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qRenderAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Try to accelerate render operations if the operations are reading from +previously accelerated contents (3D or video). This option is needed for +3D support. Default: on if 3D acceleration is supported. Otherwise off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qDRI\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. Default: on if 3D acceleration is +supported and \*qRenderAccel\*q is enabled. Otherwise off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qDirectPresents\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Speed up OpenGL swapbuffers by skipping a copy operation. This provides some +OpenGL swapbuffer speedups, but may cause performance +degradation and rendering errors when 3D contents is read back for mixing +with software rendered contents. Default: off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qHwPresents\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros +or normal users. When enabled, it copies software rendered contents to a +3D surface before presenting it, so that the visible screen is always present +on a 3D surface. Default: off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qRenderCheck\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros +or normal users. When enabled, it tries to use 3D acceleration for all +XRender operations where 3D acceleration is supported, resulting in a +considerable slowdown due to the increased number of readbacks of +accelerated contents from host to guest. This option is used to verify +that the accelerated Xrender paths works correctly with the "rendercheck" +application. Default: off. +.TP .SH "SEE ALSO" -__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) +__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__), xrandr(__appmansuffix__) .SH AUTHORS Copyright (c) 1999-2007 VMware, Inc. |