[maemo-developers] Xsp pixel-doubling solutions for Nokia 770?

[From: Daniel Stone]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:23:55AM -0700, ext Carl Worth wrote:
> On Thu, 3 May 2007 18:08:36 +0100, "Matthew Allum" wrote:
> > On 5/3/07, Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org> wrote:
> > > But isn't this exactly one of the features provided by the new RandR
> > > 1.2 stuff?
> > 
> > Can it - any more details ? Would seem a really nice fit if so.
> 
> Here's a link to the latest protocol specification [*]:
> 
> http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/proto/randrproto.git;a=blob_plain;h=HEAD:randrproto.txt
> 
> Here's a short excerpt that talks about the new "CRTC" notion in 1.2
> that's independent and configured separately from the screen:
> 
> [spec snipped]
> 
> So to me that seems plenty flexible to do what's needed. The X server
> could advertise two CRTCs: one covering the entire screen, and one
> covering only half with pixel-doubling, and client-initiated events
> could control which CRTC is connected to the output (obviously only
> one in this device) at any given time.
> 
> Daniel, am I on the right track with this?

Yep, you are.

Cheers,
Daniel
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