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Allow users to query the display dimensions of a grdev_display. This is
required to properly resize the objects to be rendered.
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Add "userdata" storage to a bunch of external objects, namely displays and
sessions. Furthermore, add some property retrieval helpers.
This is required if we want external API users to not duplicate our own
object hashtables, but retrieve context from the objects themselves.
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The grdev-drm backend manages DRM cards for grdev. Any DRM card with
DUMB_BUFFER support can be used. So far, our policy is to configure all
available connectors, but keep pipes inactive as long as users don't
enable the displays on top.
We hard-code double-buffering so far, but can easily support
single-buffering or n-buffering. We also require XRGB8888 as format as
this is required to be supported by all DRM drivers and it is what VTs
use. This allows us to switch from VTs to grdev via page-flips instead of
deep modesets.
There is still a lot room for improvements in this backend, but it works
smoothly so far so more enhanced features can be added later.
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The grdev layer provides graphics-device access via the
libsystemd-terminal library. It will be used by all terminal helpers to
actually access display hardware.
Like idev, the grdev layer is built around session objects. On each
session object you add/remove graphics devices as they appear and vanish.
Any device type can be supported via specific card-backends. The exported
grdev API hides any device details.
Graphics devices are represented by "cards". Those are hidden in the
session and any pipe-configuration is automatically applied. Out of those,
we configure displays which are then exported to the API user. Displays
are meant as lowest hardware entity available outside of grdev. The
underlying pipe configuration is fully hidden and not accessible from the
outside. The grdev tiling layer allows almost arbitrary setups out of
multiple pipes, but so far we only use a small subset of this. More will
follow.
A grdev-display is meant to represent real connected displays/monitors.
The upper level screen arrangements are user policy and not controlled by
grdev. Applications are free to apply any policy they want.
Real card-backends will follow in later patches.
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