RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Wang, Quanxian
From: Jason Ekstrand [mailto:ja...@jlekstrand.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 11:56 AM To: Wang, Quanxian Cc: Hardening; Matthias Clasen; wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; Zhang, Xiong Y; Pekka Paalanen; Jasper St. Pierre Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol Quanxian, I t

RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Wang, Quanxian
From: wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Jasper St. Pierre Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:51 PM To: Jason Ekstrand Cc: Hardening; Matthias Clasen; wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; Pekka Paalanen; Zhang, Xiong Y;

Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
I'd also say that in the automotive case, you *don't* want arbitrary modesetting. The user of the infotainment system in your Land Rover will not want to change the display resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768; she won't choose it from a dropdown, and it's very likely she doesn't know what such func

RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Jason Ekstrand
Quanxian, I think what Jasper is getting at is the difference between a configuration interface and a client-facing interface. Unfortunately, in X the RandR interface was used in both capacities. Allow me to try and clerify this distinction. A "client-facing interface" is one that is detected an

RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Wang, Quanxian
From: wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Jasper St. Pierre Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:53 AM To: Wang, Quanxian Cc: Hardening; Matthias Clasen; wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; Pekka Paalanen; Jason Ekstrand;

Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
So, before we go further on this, I need to ask three basic questions: what are the goals of this interface? Who is supposed to use this interface? Why would they use this interface? On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Wang, Quanxian wrote: > Hi, All > > With the first version of randr protol, I got

RE: [PATCH 1/6] Add weston randr protocol

2014-03-04 Thread Wang, Quanxian
Hi, All With the first version of randr protol, I got many useful idea and comments. Thanks. Before I send the email, I have make it happen in real world but need more deep testing. Here are new changes and idea for that protocol based on the idea and comments, welcome your input. 1) Unique