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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult 9cd7989eb2 (submit/vrr-driver-api) dix: add generic Xinerama capable VRR infrastructure
We don't have a standard protocol for enabling VRR yet, but some time ago an
ad-hoc had been made in the amdgpu driver (later also copied to modsetting),
which works by client setting the _VARIABLE_REFRESH window property.

The way it's currently done - driver is highjacking the X_ChangeProperty and
X_DeleteProperty request handlers - is pretty fragile, and is also a violation
of layers: drivers never should be twisted with core protocol details. (And in
the future, this should be done by some suitable extension).

Another problem is Xinerama: when it's enabled, this only works on the first
screen - the others won't ever see this signal, no matter on which one(s) the
Window is physically placed (for the wire protocol, all windows are on screen 0,
unless the client explicitly creates them on another one)

This commit adds a generic Screen proc for telling the DDX, whether the VRR mode
shall be changed (for now, it's only DISABLED and ENABLED). Drivers can hook into
here in order to receive this signal, w/o having to highjack any core request
handlers. Catching the property change is now entirely done in the DIX.

The (non-standard) status qou of (ab)using window properties is kept, but it's
now also easy to add a new signaling mechanism, in case a standard is agreed on.

Yet a quite naive implementation (eg. not acting on moving windows between screens),
but enough to fix the most pressing problems supporting extra screens in general,
as well as stopping the highjacking of core request handlers by drivers.

Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
.github .github: workflow for building Xservers and some drivers 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
.gitlab-ci ci: add intel driver to build matrix 2025-02-11 09:53:59 +01:00
Xext (!1601) Xext: xres: ProcXResQueryClientIds() collect reply in one buffer 2025-02-13 14:09:45 +01:00
Xi Xi: drop now obsolete swap procs 2025-02-06 22:28:52 +00:00
composite (!1714) composite: use window position notify hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
config linux: Fix BUS_PLATFORM detection for non-PCI devices 2025-02-07 15:10:17 +00:00
damageext os: move out extension disable flags to corresponing extensions 2025-02-07 12:00:53 +01:00
dbe (!1714) dbe: use window position notify hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
dix (submit/vrr-driver-api) dix: add generic Xinerama capable VRR infrastructure 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
doc doc: document that ScreenRec->DestroyPixmap() shouldn't be called directly 2025-02-12 17:48:26 +01:00
dri3 (!1714) dri3: use CloseScreen hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
exa (!1714) exa: use PixmapDestroy hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
fb (!1705) xwin: drop wrapping on ScreenRec->ModifyPixmapHeader() 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
glamor (!1714) glamor: use PixmapDestroy hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
glx glx: use dixDestroyPixmap() instead of direct driver call 2025-02-12 17:48:30 +01:00
hw (!1654) Xnest: use xcb_window_t instead of Window 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
include (submit/vrr-driver-api) dix: add generic Xinerama capable VRR infrastructure 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
man Xserver.man: Note that -byteswappedclients is the default in this release 2024-03-23 10:27:03 -07:00
mi (!1714) dix: add per-screen window position notify hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
miext (!1714) damage: use PixmapDestroy hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
os (!1682) os: log: consolidate OS specific fsync() call into helper 2025-02-13 14:09:45 +01:00
present (!1714) present: use window destructor hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
pseudoramiX pseudoramiX: drop swapping request length fields 2025-02-06 22:28:49 +00:00
randr (submit/xrandr-swap-fix) randr: fix wrong call to RRGetScreenResources() in swapped case 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
record record: drop swapping request length fields 2025-02-06 22:28:49 +00:00
render (!1714) render: use CloseScreen hook 2025-02-13 14:09:44 +01:00
test os: log: replace LogMessageVerbSigSafe() by LogMessageVerb() 2025-02-06 23:35:27 +00:00
xfixes (!1639) xfixes: drop swapping request length fields 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
xkb win32: use lib system() instead of our own function 2025-02-11 09:53:59 +01:00
.appveyor.yml appveyor: Add libxcvt build dep 2021-11-04 13:03:25 +00:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Add missing final newline 2019-10-01 17:05:28 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs Ignore the coding style change commit during git blame 2024-12-06 09:55:53 +10:00
.gitignore Clean up the .gitignore file 2024-01-12 00:50:24 +00:00
.gitlab-ci.yml (!1675) ci: enable xv and xvmc 2025-02-13 14:09:45 +01:00
.mailmap Add a .mailmap file to canonicalize author names and emails 2023-03-15 18:10:51 +00:00
.travis.yml travis: Add OSX meson build to matrix 2019-05-02 15:42:58 +00:00
COPYING modesetting: Merge modesetting's COPYING into the xserver's. 2014-09-15 12:46:02 -07:00
README.md Fix spelling/wording issues 2020-07-05 13:07:33 -07:00
meson.build (!1654) Xnest: dont link Xlib anymore 2025-02-13 14:09:46 +01:00
meson_options.txt os: drop SUN-DES-1 authentication 2024-06-18 00:52:11 +00:00
xorg-server.m4 xorg-server.m4: just all cflags instead of just sdkdir 2018-09-20 20:12:24 +01:00
xorg-server.pc.in xfree86: link modules against Xorg symbols on Cygwin 2012-04-05 21:57:07 -05:00
xserver.ent.in doc: relocate xserver.ent in the package root directory 2011-05-14 11:22:26 -07:00

X Server

The X server accepts requests from client applications to create windows, which are (normally rectangular) "virtual screens" that the client program can draw into.

Windows are then composed on the actual screen by the X server (or by a separate composite manager) as directed by the window manager, which usually communicates with the user via graphical controls such as buttons and draggable titlebars and borders.

For a comprehensive overview of X Server and X Window System, consult the following article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_server

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