Re: Synchronizing HW pipes

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John Rohlf (jrohlf++at++tubes)
Wed, 11 Oct 95 9:28:21 PDT

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> Try sharing PFCHAN_SWAPBUFFERS, you don't need a swapready on a single
> host (PFCHAN_SWAPBUFFERS_HW), but you should genlock the pipes, setmon -g
> + wiring. Also try changing the pfPhase to a mode which works for a
> synchronous swap.

        This is correct but I want to be even more emphatic.
Multipipe operation absolutely requires that all participating
pipes be genlocked. I don't think this is adequately documented in
1.2 but Performer 2.0 will have logic that
warns you if the pipes are not genlocked.

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