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authorLaszlo Agocs <laszlo.agocs@qt.io>2019-04-25 15:39:52 +0200
committerLaszlo Agocs <laszlo.agocs@qt.io>2019-04-25 15:40:28 +0200
commitfaf46dfbcbfc058b3bd891f0b3ae45401b58e7d7 (patch)
tree2e95336c5a874151be3356807878aad3cc93f045
parent712aabd0742913546a0b26495134faf901b4b8db (diff)
embedded: Document more output mode values for drm
Including the just introduced "skip". Change-Id: Ia551776c9dadb9ccd62f53fcd58f1c36ec5aba68 Reviewed-by: Topi Reiniƶ <topi.reinio@qt.io>
-rw-r--r--doc/src/platforms/emb-linux.qdoc9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/emb-linux.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/emb-linux.qdoc
index d8ee5dca4..72d220bdd 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/emb-linux.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/emb-linux.qdoc
@@ -659,14 +659,17 @@
When \c mode is not defined, the mode that is reported as preferred by the
system is chosen. The accepted values for \c mode are: \c off, \c current,
- \c preferred, width\c{x}height, width\c{x}height\c{@}vrefresh, or a modeline
- string.
+ \c preferred, \c skip, width\c{x}height, width\c{x}height\c{@}vrefresh, or a
+ modeline string.
Specifying \c current will choose a mode with a resolution matching the
current one. Due to the fact that modesetting is done only when the desired
mode is actually different from the active one (unless forced via the
\c QT_QPA_EGLFS_ALWAYS_SET_MODE environment variable), this value is useful to
- keep the current mode and any content in the planes not touched by Qt.
+ keep the current mode and any content in the planes not touched by Qt. \c skip
+ causes the connector for the output to be ignored, just as if it was
+ disconnected. \c off is similar, but it changes the mode as well to turn off
+ the display.
All screens reported by the DRM layer will be treated as one big virtual
desktop by default. The mouse cursor implementation will take this into