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@@ -87,23 +87,38 @@ Special configuration for udlfb is usually unnecessary. There are a few
87options, however. 87options, however.
88 88
89From the command line, pass options to modprobe 89From the command line, pass options to modprobe
90modprobe udlfb defio=1 console=1 90modprobe udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
91 91
92Or for permanent option, create file like /etc/modprobe.d/options with text 92Or modify options on the fly at /sys/module/udlfb/parameters directory via
93options udlfb defio=1 console=1 93sudo nano fb_defio
94change the parameter in place, and save the file.
94 95
95Accepted options: 96Unplug/replug USB device to apply with new settings
97
98Or for permanent option, create file like /etc/modprobe.d/udlfb.conf with text
99options udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
100
101Accepted boolean options:
96 102
97fb_defio Make use of the fb_defio (CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO) kernel 103fb_defio Make use of the fb_defio (CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO) kernel
98 module to track changed areas of the framebuffer by page faults. 104 module to track changed areas of the framebuffer by page faults.
99 Standard fbdev applications that use mmap but that do not 105 Standard fbdev applications that use mmap but that do not
100 report damage, may be able to work with this enabled. 106 report damage, should be able to work with this enabled.
101 Disabled by default because of overhead and other issues. 107 Disable when running with X server that supports reporting
102 108 changed regions via ioctl, as this method is simpler,
103console Allow fbcon to attach to udlfb provided framebuffers. This 109 more stable, and higher performance.
104 is disabled by default because fbcon will aggressively consume 110 default: fb_defio=1
105 the first framebuffer it finds, which isn't usually what the 111
106 user wants in the case of USB displays. 112console Allow fbcon to attach to udlfb provided framebuffers.
113 Can be disabled if fbcon and other clients
114 (e.g. X with --shared-vt) are in conflict.
115 default: console=1
116
117shadow Allocate a 2nd framebuffer to shadow what's currently across
118 the USB bus in device memory. If any pixels are unchanged,
119 do not transmit. Spends host memory to save USB transfers.
120 Enabled by default. Only disable on very low memory systems.
121 default: shadow=1
107 122
108Sysfs Attributes 123Sysfs Attributes
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