Re: BLFS-12.3: Xorg-server/TearFree-patch/unclear wording
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On Mon, 2025-03-17 at 11:41 +0100, Rainer Fiebig wrote: > 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. It's added in the master branch, but not the 21.1.x release branch. > 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: No it's not correct. TearFree in modesetting is a new feature. -- Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/blfs-dev Unsubscribe: See the above information page