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diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man index cadd87b7b..bc33df197 100644 --- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ The section names are: .BR "Extensions " "Extension enabling" .BR "InputDevice " "Input device description" .BR "InputClass " "Input class description" +.BR "OutputClass " "Output class description" .BR "Device " "Graphics device description" .BR "VideoAdaptor " "Xv video adaptor description" .BR "Monitor " "Monitor description" @@ -1190,6 +1191,82 @@ entries. This optional entry specifies that the device should be ignored entirely, and not added to the server. This can be useful when the device is handled by another program and no X events should be generated. +.SH "OUTPUTCLASS SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B OutputClass +sections. +These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a +class of output devices as they are automatically added. +An output device can match more than one +.B OutputClass +section. +Each class can override settings from a previous class, so it is best to +arrange the sections with the most generic matches first. +.PP +.B OutputClass +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qOutputClass\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry is required in all +.B OutputClass +sections. +All other entries are optional. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this output class. +The +.B Driver +entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this output device. +After all classes have been examined, the +.RI \*q outputdriver \*q +module from the first +.B Driver +entry will be enabled when using the loadable server. +.PP +When an output device is automatically added, its characteristics are +checked against all +.B OutputClass +sections. +Each section can contain optional entries to narrow the match of the class. +If none of the optional entries appear, the +.B OutputClass +section is generic and will match any output device. +If more than one of these entries appear, they all must match for the +configuration to apply. +.PP +The following list of tokens can be matched against attributes of the device. +An entry can be constructed to match attributes from different devices by +separating arguments with a '|' character. +.PP +For example: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qOutputClass\*q" +.B " Identifier \*qMy Class\*q" +.B " # kernel driver must be either foo or bar +.B " MatchDriver \*qfoo|bar\*q +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchDriver \*q" matchdriver \*q +Check the case-sensitive string +.RI \*q matchdriver \*q +against the kernel driver of the device. .SH "DEVICE SECTION" The config file may have multiple .B Device |