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[Why] This option shall be opt-in by default since it is a temporary solution until long term solution is agreed upon which may require userspace interface changes. This feature give the user a seamless experience when freesync aware programs (media players for instance) switches to a compatible freesync mode when playing videos. Enabling this feature also have the potential side effect of causing higher power consumption due to running a mode with lower resolution and base clock frequency with the highest base clock supported on the monitor as per its advertised modes. There has been precedent of manufacturing modes in the kernel. In AMDGPU, the existing usage are for common modes and scaling modes. Other driver have a similar approach as well. [How] Adds a module parameter to enable freesync video mode modeset optimization. Enabling this mode allows the driver to skip a full modeset when a freesync compatible mode is requested by the userspace. This parameter will also add some additional modes that are within the connected monitor's VRR range corresponding to common video modes, which media players can use for a seamless experience while making use of freesync. Signed-off-by: Aurabindo Pillai <aurabindo.pillai@amd.com> Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Shashank Sharma <shashank.sharma@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.