EGL_MESA_screen_surface version 2

[Jon Smirl]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:13:08 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> 
> > It would all go into the name. But these names don't have to be long
> > because they would be defined in the lower level system config files.
> > Why not name them TVOUT, HIREFRESH, LOREFRESH. The only time they
> > would get long is when the lower layers try to autogenerate them and
> > the generated name includes all of the low level variables.
> 
> 720x480,TVOut,Pal,NoBorders and 720x480,TvOut,Secam,Overscan, ...

The lower layers could know if you have a ATSC, NTSC, PAL or SECAM
monitor attached and suppress the irrelevant modes. Either that or
present these modes in a list to the human.

I don't see how the EGL app has enough info to decide which one to use.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com