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VGA Arbiter
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@@ -19,21 +19,8 @@ control bus resources. Therefore an arbitration scheme outside of the X server
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is needed to control the sharing of these resources. This document introduces
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the operation of the VGA arbiter implemented for the Linux kernel.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-I. Details and Theory of Operation
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- I.1 vgaarb
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- I.2 libpciaccess
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- I.3 xf86VGAArbiter (X server implementation)
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-II. Credits
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-III.References
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-I. Details and Theory of Operation
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-==================================
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-I.1 vgaarb
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-----------
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+vgaarb kernel/userspace ABI
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+---------------------------
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The vgaarb is a module of the Linux Kernel. When it is initially loaded, it
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scans all PCI devices and adds the VGA ones inside the arbitration. The
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@@ -44,42 +31,52 @@ explicitly tell it by calling vga_set_legacy_decoding().
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The kernel exports a char device interface (/dev/vga_arbiter) to the clients,
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which has the following semantics:
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- open : open user instance of the arbiter. By default, it's attached to
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- the default VGA device of the system.
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-
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- close : close user instance. Release locks made by the user
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-
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- read : return a string indicating the status of the target like:
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-
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- "<card_ID>,decodes=<io_state>,owns=<io_state>,locks=<io_state> (ic,mc)"
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- An IO state string is of the form {io,mem,io+mem,none}, mc and
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- ic are respectively mem and io lock counts (for debugging/
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- diagnostic only). "decodes" indicate what the card currently
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- decodes, "owns" indicates what is currently enabled on it, and
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- "locks" indicates what is locked by this card. If the card is
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- unplugged, we get "invalid" then for card_ID and an -ENODEV
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- error is returned for any command until a new card is targeted.
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-
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-
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- write : write a command to the arbiter. List of commands:
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-
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- target <card_ID> : switch target to card <card_ID> (see below)
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- lock <io_state> : acquires locks on target ("none" is an invalid io_state)
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- trylock <io_state> : non-blocking acquire locks on target (returns EBUSY if
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- unsuccessful)
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- unlock <io_state> : release locks on target
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- unlock all : release all locks on target held by this user (not
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- implemented yet)
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- decodes <io_state> : set the legacy decoding attributes for the card
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- poll : event if something changes on any card (not just the
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- target)
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- card_ID is of the form "PCI:domain:bus:dev.fn". It can be set to "default"
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- to go back to the system default card (TODO: not implemented yet). Currently,
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- only PCI is supported as a prefix, but the userland API may support other bus
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- types in the future, even if the current kernel implementation doesn't.
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+open
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+ Opens a user instance of the arbiter. By default, it's attached to the
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+ default VGA device of the system.
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+close
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+ Close a user instance. Release locks made by the user
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+read
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+ Return a string indicating the status of the target like:
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+
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+ "<card_ID>,decodes=<io_state>,owns=<io_state>,locks=<io_state> (ic,mc)"
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+ An IO state string is of the form {io,mem,io+mem,none}, mc and
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+ ic are respectively mem and io lock counts (for debugging/
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+ diagnostic only). "decodes" indicate what the card currently
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+ decodes, "owns" indicates what is currently enabled on it, and
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+ "locks" indicates what is locked by this card. If the card is
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+ unplugged, we get "invalid" then for card_ID and an -ENODEV
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+ error is returned for any command until a new card is targeted.
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+
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+write
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+ Write a command to the arbiter. List of commands:
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+ target <card_ID>
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+ switch target to card <card_ID> (see below)
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+ lock <io_state>
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+ acquires locks on target ("none" is an invalid io_state)
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+ trylock <io_state>
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+ non-blocking acquire locks on target (returns EBUSY if
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+ unsuccessful)
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+ unlock <io_state>
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+ release locks on target
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+ unlock all
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+ release all locks on target held by this user (not implemented
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+ yet)
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+ decodes <io_state>
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+ set the legacy decoding attributes for the card
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+
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+ poll
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+ event if something changes on any card (not just the target)
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+
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+ card_ID is of the form "PCI:domain:bus:dev.fn". It can be set to "default"
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+ to go back to the system default card (TODO: not implemented yet). Currently,
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+ only PCI is supported as a prefix, but the userland API may support other bus
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+ types in the future, even if the current kernel implementation doesn't.
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Note about locks:
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@@ -97,29 +94,35 @@ in the arbiter.
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There is also an in-kernel API of the arbiter in case DRM, vgacon, or other
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drivers want to use it.
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+In-kernel interface
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+-------------------
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+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/vgaarb.h
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+ :internal:
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-I.2 libpciaccess
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-----------------
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+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
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+ :export:
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+libpciaccess
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+------------
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To use the vga arbiter char device it was implemented an API inside the
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libpciaccess library. One field was added to struct pci_device (each device
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-on the system):
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+on the system)::
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/* the type of resource decoded by the device */
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int vgaarb_rsrc;
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-Besides it, in pci_system were added:
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+Besides it, in pci_system were added::
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int vgaarb_fd;
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int vga_count;
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struct pci_device *vga_target;
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struct pci_device *vga_default_dev;
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The vga_count is used to track how many cards are being arbitrated, so for
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instance, if there is only one card, then it can completely escape arbitration.
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These functions below acquire VGA resources for the given card and mark those
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resources as locked. If the resources requested are "normal" (and not legacy)
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resources, the arbiter will first check whether the card is doing legacy
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@@ -136,44 +139,44 @@ VGA memory and IO afaik). If the card already owns the resources, the function
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succeeds. vga_arb_trylock() will return (-EBUSY) instead of blocking. Nested
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calls are supported (a per-resource counter is maintained).
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+Set the target device of this client. ::
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-Set the target device of this client.
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int pci_device_vgaarb_set_target (struct pci_device *dev);
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For instance, in x86 if two devices on the same bus want to lock different
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resources, both will succeed (lock). If devices are in different buses and
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-trying to lock different resources, only the first who tried succeeds.
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+trying to lock different resources, only the first who tried succeeds. ::
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int pci_device_vgaarb_lock (void);
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int pci_device_vgaarb_trylock (void);
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-Unlock resources of device.
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+Unlock resources of device. ::
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int pci_device_vgaarb_unlock (void);
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Indicates to the arbiter if the card decodes legacy VGA IOs, legacy VGA
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Memory, both, or none. All cards default to both, the card driver (fbdev for
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example) should tell the arbiter if it has disabled legacy decoding, so the
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card can be left out of the arbitration process (and can be safe to take
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-interrupts at any time.
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+interrupts at any time. ::
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int pci_device_vgaarb_decodes (int new_vgaarb_rsrc);
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-Connects to the arbiter device, allocates the struct
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- int pci_device_vgaarb_init (void);
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+Connects to the arbiter device, allocates the struct ::
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-Close the connection
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- void pci_device_vgaarb_fini (void);
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+ int pci_device_vgaarb_init (void);
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+Close the connection ::
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-I.3 xf86VGAArbiter (X server implementation)
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---------------------------------------------
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+ void pci_device_vgaarb_fini (void);
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-(TODO)
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+xf86VGAArbiter (X server implementation)
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+----------------------------------------
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X server basically wraps all the functions that touch VGA registers somehow.
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-
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-II. Credits
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-===========
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+References
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+----------
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt (IBM?) started this work when he discussed such design
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with the Xorg community in 2005 [1, 2]. In the end of 2007, Paulo Zanoni and
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@@ -182,11 +185,7 @@ enhancing the kernel code to adapt as a kernel module and also did the
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implementation of the user space side [3]. Now (2009) Tiago Vignatti and Dave
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Airlie finally put this work in shape and queued to Jesse Barnes' PCI tree.
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-III. References
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-==============
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-[0] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=4b42448a2388d40f257774fbffdccaea87bd0347
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-[1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-March/006663.html
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-[2] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-March/006745.html
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-[3] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-October/029507.html
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+0) http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=4b42448a2388d40f257774fbffdccaea87bd0347
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+1) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-March/006663.html
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+2) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-March/006745.html
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+3) http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-October/029507.html
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