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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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Written 2012 by David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
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Dedicated to the Public Domain
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<refentry id="drm-kms">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>Direct Rendering Manager</title>
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<productname>libdrm</productname>
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<date>September 2012</date>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>David</firstname>
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<surname>Herrmann</surname>
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<email>dh.herrmann@googlemail.com</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>drm-kms</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>drm-kms</refname>
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<refpurpose>Kernel Mode-Setting</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcsynopsisinfo>#include <xf86drm.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
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<funcsynopsisinfo>#include <xf86drmMode.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
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</funcsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>Each DRM device provides access to manage which monitors and displays
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are currently used and what frames to be displayed. This task is
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called <emphasis>Kernel Mode-Setting</emphasis> (KMS). Historically,
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this was done in user-space and called
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<emphasis>User-space Mode-Setting</emphasis> (UMS). Almost all
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open-source drivers now provide the KMS kernel API to do this in the
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kernel, however, many non-open-source binary drivers from different
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vendors still do not support this. You can use
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSettingSupported</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to check whether your driver supports this. To understand how KMS
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works, we need to introduce 5 objects: <emphasis>CRTCs</emphasis>,
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<emphasis>Planes</emphasis>, <emphasis>Encoders</emphasis>,
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<emphasis>Connectors</emphasis> and
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<emphasis>Framebuffers</emphasis>.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>CRTCs</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A <emphasis>CRTC</emphasis> short for
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<emphasis>CRT Controller</emphasis> is an abstraction
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representing a part of the chip that contains a pointer to a
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scanout buffer. Therefore, the number of CRTCs available
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determines how many independent scanout buffers can be active
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at any given time. The CRTC structure contains several fields
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to support this: a pointer to some video memory (abstracted as
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a frame-buffer object), a list of driven connectors, a display
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mode and an (x, y) offset into the video memory to support
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panning or configurations where one piece of video memory
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spans multiple CRTCs. A CRTC is the central point where
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configuration of displays happens. You select which objects to
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use, which modes and which parameters and then configure each
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CRTC via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeCrtcSet</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to drive the display devices.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Planes</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A <emphasis>plane</emphasis> respresents an image source that
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can be blended with or overlayed on top of a CRTC during the
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scanout process. Planes are associated with a frame-buffer to
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crop a portion of the image memory (source) and optionally
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scale it to a destination size. The result is then blended
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with or overlayed on top of a CRTC. Planes are not provided by
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all hardware and the number of available planes is limited. If
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planes are not available or if not enough planes are
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available, the user should fall back to normal software
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blending (via GPU or CPU).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Encoders</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>An <emphasis>encoder</emphasis> takes pixel data from a CRTC
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and converts it to a format suitable for any attached
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connectors. On some devices, it may be possible to have a CRTC
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send data to more than one encoder. In that case, both
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encoders would receive data from the same scanout buffer,
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resulting in a <emphasis>cloned</emphasis> display
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configuration across the connectors attached to each
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encoder.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Connectors</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A <emphasis>connector</emphasis> is the final destination of
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pixel-data on a device, and usually connects directly to an
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external display device like a monitor or laptop panel. A
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connector can only be attached to one encoder at a time. The
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connector is also the structure where information about the
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attached display is kept, so it contains fields for display
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data, <emphasis>EDID</emphasis> data,
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<emphasis>DPMS</emphasis> and
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<emphasis>connection status</emphasis>, and information about
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modes supported on the attached displays.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Framebuffers</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis>Framebuffers</emphasis> are abstract memory objects
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that provide a source of pixel data to scanout to a CRTC.
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Applications explicitely request the creation of framebuffers
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and can control their behavior. Framebuffers rely on the
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underneath memory manager for low-level memory operations.
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When creating a framebuffer, applications pass a memory handle
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through the API which is used as backing storage. The
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framebuffer itself is only an abstract object with no data. It
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just refers to memory buffers that must be created with the
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drm-memory</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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API.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Mode-Setting</title>
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<para>Before mode-setting can be performed, an application needs to call
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmSetMaster</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to become <emphasis>DRM-Master</emphasis>. It then has exclusive
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access to the KMS API. A call to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetResources</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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returns a list of <emphasis>CRTCs</emphasis>,
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<emphasis>Connectors</emphasis>, <emphasis>Encoders</emphasis> and
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<emphasis>Planes</emphasis>.</para>
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<para>Normal procedure now includes: First, you select which connectors
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you want to use. Users are mostly interested in which monitor or
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display-panel is active so you need to make sure to arrange them in
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the correct logical order and select the correct ones to use. For
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each connector, you need to find a CRTC to drive this connector. If
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you want to clone output to two or more connectors, you may use a
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single CRTC for all cloned connectors (if the hardware supports
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this). To find a suitable CRTC, you need to iterate over the list of
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encoders that are available for each connector. Each encoder
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contains a list of CRTCs that it can work with and you simply select
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one of these CRTCs. If you later program the CRTC to control a
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connector, it automatically selects the best encoder. However, this
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procedure is needed so your CRTC has at least one working encoder
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for the selected connector. See the <emphasis>Examples</emphasis>
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section below for more information.</para>
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<para>All valid modes for a connector can be retrieved with a call to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetConnector</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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You need to select the mode you want to use and save it. The first
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mode in the list is the default mode with the highest resolution
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possible and often a suitable choice.</para>
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<para>After you have a working connector+CRTC+mode combination, you need
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to create a framebuffer that is used for scanout. Memory buffer
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allocation is driver-depedent and described in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drm-memory</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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You need to create a buffer big enough for your selected mode. Now
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you can create a framebuffer object that uses your memory-buffer as
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scanout buffer. You can do this with
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeAddFB</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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and
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeAddFB2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>As a last step, you want to program your CRTC to drive your selected
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connector. You can do this with a call to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Page-Flipping</title>
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<para>A call to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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is executed immediately and forces the CRTC to use the new scanout
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buffer. If you want smooth-transitions without tearing, you probably
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use double-buffering. You need to create one framebuffer object for
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each buffer you use. You can then call
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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on the next buffer to flip. If you want to synchronize your flips
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with <emphasis>vertical-blanks</emphasis>, you can use
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModePageFlip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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which schedules your page-flip for the next
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<emphasis>vblank</emphasis>.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Planes</title>
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<para>Planes are controlled independently from CRTCs. That is, a call to
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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does not affect planes. Instead, you need to call
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetPlane</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to configure a plane. This requires the plane ID, a CRTC, a
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framebuffer and offsets into the plane-framebuffer and the
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CRTC-framebuffer. The CRTC then blends the content from the plane
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over the CRTC framebuffer buffer during scanout. As this does not
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involve any software-blending, it is way faster than traditional
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blending. However, plane resources are limited. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetPlaneResources</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for more information.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Cursors</title>
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<para>Similar to planes, many hardware also supports cursors. A cursor is
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a very small buffer with an image that is blended over the CRTC
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framebuffer. You can set a different cursor for each CRTC with
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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and move it on the screen with
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeMoveCursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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This allows to move the cursor on the screen without rerendering. If
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no hardware cursors are supported, you need to rerender for each
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frame the cursor is moved.</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>Some examples of how basic mode-setting can be done. See the man-page
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of each DRM function for more information.</para>
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<refsect2>
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<title>CRTC/Encoder Selection</title>
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<para>If you retrieved all display configuration information via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetResources</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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as <structname>drmModeRes</structname> *<varname>res</varname>,
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selected a connector from the list in
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<varname>res</varname>-><structfield>connectors</structfield>
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and retrieved the connector-information as
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<structname>drmModeConnector</structname> *<varname>conn</varname>
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via
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetConnector</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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then this example shows, how you can find a suitable CRTC id to
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drive this connector. This function takes a file-descriptor to the
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DRM device (see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmOpen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
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as <varname>fd</varname>, a pointer to the retrieved resources as
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<varname>res</varname> and a pointer to the selected connector as
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<varname>conn</varname>. It returns an integer smaller than 0 on
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failure, otherwise, a valid CRTC id is returned.</para>
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<programlisting>
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static int modeset_find_crtc(int fd, drmModeRes *res, drmModeConnector *conn)
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{
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drmModeEncoder *enc;
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unsigned int i, j;
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/* iterate all encoders of this connector */
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for (i = 0; i < conn->count_encoders; ++i) {
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enc = drmModeGetEncoder(fd, conn->encoders[i]);
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if (!enc) {
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/* cannot retrieve encoder, ignoring... */
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continue;
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}
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/* iterate all global CRTCs */
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for (j = 0; j < res->count_crtcs; ++j) {
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/* check whether this CRTC works with the encoder */
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if (!(enc->possible_crtcs & (1 << j)))
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continue;
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/* Here you need to check that no other connector
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* currently uses the CRTC with id "crtc". If you intend
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* to drive one connector only, then you can skip this
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* step. Otherwise, simply scan your list of configured
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* connectors and CRTCs whether this CRTC is already
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* used. If it is, then simply continue the search here. */
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if (res->crtcs[j] "is unused") {
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drmModeFreeEncoder(enc);
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return res->crtcs[j];
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}
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}
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drmModeFreeEncoder(enc);
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}
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/* cannot find a suitable CRTC */
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return -ENOENT;
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}
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</programlisting>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Reporting Bugs</title>
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<para>Bugs in this manual should be reported to
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http://bugs.freedesktop.org under the "Mesa" product, with "Other" or
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"libdrm" as the component.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drm-memory</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetResources</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetConnector</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetEncoder</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCrtc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetFB</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeAddFB</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeAddFB2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeRmFB</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModePageFlip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetPlaneResources</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeGetPlane</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetPlane</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeSetCursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmModeMoveCursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmSetMaster</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmAvailable</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmCheckModesettingSupported</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>drmOpen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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