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MODESETTING(4)		   Kernel Interfaces Manual		MODESETTING(4)

NAME
       modesetting - video driver for framebuffer device

SYNOPSIS
       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver	"modesetting"
	 BusID	"pci:bus:dev:func"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION
       modesetting  is	an  Xorg driver	for KMS	devices.  This driver supports
       TrueColor visuals at framebuffer	depths of 15, 16, 24,  and  30.	 RandR
       1.2  is supported for multi-head	configurations.	Acceleration is	avail-
       able through glamor for devices supporting at least OpenGL  ES  2.0  or
       OpenGL  2.1.  If	glamor is not enabled, a shadow	framebuffer is config-
       ured based on the KMS drivers' preference (unless the framebuffer is 24
       bits per	pixel, in which	case the shadow	framebuffer is always used).

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
       The  modesetting	 driver	 supports  all	hardware where a KMS driver is
       available.  modesetting uses the	Linux DRM KMS ioctls and  dumb	object
       create/map.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS
       Please  refer  to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration	details.  This
       section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

       For this	driver it is not required to specify modes in the screen  sec-
       tion  of	 the config file.  The modesetting driver can pick up the cur-
       rently used video mode from the kernel driver and will use it if	 there
       are no video modes configured.

       For  PCI	 boards	 you might have	to add a BusID line to the Device sec-
       tion.  See above	for a sample line.

       The following driver Options are	supported:

       Option "SWcursor" "boolean"
	      Selects software cursor.	The default is off.

       Option "kmsdev" "string"
	      The framebuffer device to	use. Default: /dev/dri/card0.

       Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
	      Enable or	disable	use of the shadow framebuffer layer.  Default:
	      on.

       Option "DoubleShadow" "boolean"
	      Double-buffer shadow updates. When enabled, the driver will keep
	      two copies of the	shadow framebuffer.  When  the	shadow	frame-
	      buffer  is  flushed,  the	old and	new versions of	the shadow are
	      compared,	and only tiles that have actually changed are uploaded
	      to  the  device.	This  is an optimization for server-class GPUs
	      with a remote display function (typically	VNC), where remote up-
	      dates  are triggered by any framebuffer write, so	minimizing the
	      amount of	data uploaded is crucial.  This	 defaults  to  enabled
	      for ASPEED and Matrox G200 devices, and disabled otherwise.

       Option "AccelMethod" "string"
	      One of "glamor" or "none".  Default: glamor.

       Option "PageFlip" "boolean"
	      Enable DRI3 page flipping.  The default is on.

       Option "VariableRefresh"	"boolean"
	      Enables  support	for  enabling variable refresh on the Screen's
	      CRTCs when an suitable application is flipping via  the  Present
	      extension.
	      The default is off.

       Option "AsyncFlipSecondaries" "boolean"
	      Use  async  flips	 for  secondary	video outputs on multi-display
	      setups. If a screen has multiple displays	attached and DRI3 page
	      flipping	is  used,  then	only one of the	displays will have its
	      page flip	synchronized to	 vblank	 for  tear-free	 presentation.
	      This  is	the  display  that is used for presentation timing and
	      timestamping, usually the	one covering the biggest pixel area of
	      the  screen.   All  other	displays ("Secondaries") will not syn-
	      chronize their flips. This may cause some	tearing	on these  dis-
	      plays, but it prevents a permanent or periodic slowdown or irri-
	      tating judder of animations if not all video outputs are running
	      synchronized  with  each	other  and with	the same refresh rate.
	      There is no perfect solution apart from  perfectly  synchronized
	      outputs,	but  this  option  may give preferrable	results	if the
	      displays in a multi-display setup	mirror or  clone  each	other.
	      The default is off.

       Option "ZaphodHeads" "string"
	      Specify  the  RandR output(s) to use with	zaphod mode for	a par-
	      ticular driver instance.	If you use this	option	you  must  use
	      this option for all instances of the driver.
	      For  example:  Option  "ZaphodHeads"  "LVDS,VGA-0"  will	assign
	      xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of	the driver.

       Option "UseGammaLUT" "boolean"
	      Enable or	disable	use of the GAMMA_LUT property, when available.
	      When  enabled,  this option allows the driver to use gamma ramps
	      with more	entries, if  supported	by  the	 kernel.  By  default,
	      GAMMA_LUT	 will  be  used	 for kms drivers which are known to be
	      safe for use of GAMMA_LUT.

       SEE ALSO
	      Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)

AUTHORS
       Authors include:	Dave Airlie

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