BLFS-12.3: Xorg-server/TearFree-patch/unclear wording

This text concerning the TearFree-patch for Xorg-server doesn't make
sense to me:

"With the removal of the xf86-video-* drivers, the TearFree option is no
longer functional. To work around this, upstream has added the TearFree
option to the default modesetting driver. This patch backports this
feature. [...]"

If upstream (the Xorg-devs, I guess?) has already added the TearFree
option, as the text suggests, it would not be necessary to apply the
patch.  I suppose what's meant is that the patch re-enables the TearFree
option in the modesetting driver?  If that's correct, I suggest the
following wording:

"With the removal of the xf86-video-* drivers, the TearFree option is no
longer available. The patch restores this feature in the default
modesetting driver. Apply it if you are going to use Xorg in an
environment without a compositor (such as TWM, IceWM, Openbox, or Fluxbox)."

Rainer

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