From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Wilson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add intel_panel_fitter tool Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:37:11 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1328281766-15792-1-git-send-email-przanoni@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD4749E82E for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:37:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1328281766-15792-1-git-send-email-przanoni@gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Paulo Zanoni , intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: Paulo Zanoni List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:09:26 -0200, Paulo Zanoni wrote: > From: Paulo Zanoni > > The tool allows you to change the panel fitter settings, so you can > change the size of the screen being displayed on your monitor without > changing the real pixel size of your desktop. The biggest use case for > this tool is to work around overscan done by TVs and some monitors in > interlaced mode. I don't this should an installable tool for use by end-users. Direct register access from userspace to registers that the driver owns? I'm wary of installing even root-only tools that can screw us over in unpredictable ways. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre