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From:
Theo Buehler <tb@theobuehler.org>
Subject:
Re: tearfree modesetting
To:
Ted Unangst <tedu@tedunangst.com>
Cc:
tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 05:11:50 +0200

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On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 11:01:55PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:
> This backports the x.org modesetting driver to get the tearfree option.
> (On by default.) This makes scrolling much more enjoyable.
> 
> I don't know what the x.org release cycle is, but this code has been
> sitting upstream for years without making it into a released version.
> 
> I wanted it, so here it is.

This is pretty similar but not identical to naddy's patch from a few
months ago. It would be really nice to have it:

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=174118941524729&w=2