RandR CRTC/Output Leases Lands In X.Org Server
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Keith's work on RandR leases is now rounded out with the work hitting the X.Org Server Git tree today. RandR leases allows for CRTCs/outputs to be made available to a client for direct access via Linux's KMS/DRM kernel APIs. When leased to a client, the output(s) are not in the way of the X.Org Server. The focus here is on allowing a VR compositor to have direct access to the VR head-mounted display without any X.Org Server interference.
This goes along with Keith's other work over the past year on "non-desktop" output handling, the DRM leasing kernel-side bits, etc.
As of today the code is in xserver Git for rounding out the output/CRTC leasing. This code will be found in the upcoming X.Org Server 1.20 release. Given the flurry of recent xserver activity, hopefully it's a sign of the 1.20 release finally materializing with it being more than one year since the previous major X.Org Server release.
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