The default limit of 1ms might be too short if the compositor
calls liftoff_output_apply() early in the vblank cycle, or too
long if the refresh rate is high. The compositor is in a better
spot to decide how much time should be spent on atomic tests, so
add an option for that.
Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libliftoff/-/issues/78
Right now, compositors are expected to query liftoff_layer_get_plane_id to
decide whether a layer needs to be composited.
However there are cases where a layer has no plane, but still doesn't need
composition (e.g. when FB_ID is zero or when alpha is zero, in the future when
the layer is out of CRTC bounds etc).
Add a new API to make users' life simpler.
Closes: https://github.com/emersion/libliftoff/issues/54
When the caller wants to perform a modeset, they will need to pass
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET in the atomic commit flags, otherwise the driver
will fail the commit. libliftoff also needs to provide these flags in its
test-only commits.
Compositors need to drive multiple connectors, each with its own vblank timings.
For each device, there's one separate rendering loop per output.
It's not possible to call liftoff_device_apply each time we want to submit a new
frame to one output, because this could touch another's output state, submitting
a new frame there in the process. When the other output will submit a new frame,
it'll get EBUSY (can't submit two frames without waiting for vblank).
Closes: https://github.com/emersion/libliftoff/issues/21
Add a fallback case for finding an eligible CRTC for the
selected connector. The encoder picked may not have been
wired up to that connector by the previous DRM master.
This example demonstrates how incremental layer updates should be applied. It
contains a basic rendering loop. Each layers has a back-buffer and a
front-buffer. The color of one of the layers will change at each frame.
Create a special layer that we will use only for composition.
If we manage to put all other layers into planes, we don't need to use it.
Otherwise, blend other layers that didn't make it in a plane.
