Garrett D'Amore wrote: > John Martin wrote: >> Garrett D'Amore wrote: >>> >>> "primary-card" is a terrible name -- how about "primary-display" >>> instead? (The primary display may be on the motherboard!) >>> >>> What is the purpose of this, is it for console support? >> No. It determines which graphics device on the system should >> be used as the default device for X, especially in the case where >> there are multiple graphics devices (not displays connected to a >> graphics device). > > I'm assuming that this is only used when no explicit configuration is > present? Correct. It is not needed when:
1. There is a single GPU in the system. or 2.. There are multiple GPUs, /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists *and* the device section for the graphics card has the BusID enumeration. > >> >> It is independent of the console as the console may be a non-graphics >> device. > > Okay, thanks for the clarification. I still think "primary-card" is a > bad name... although you might argue "primary-display" is also bad. > How about "primary-controller" or "primary-display-controller" ? I would like to avoid "display" in the name just so we don't confuse the implementation for a display connected to a graphics card. I'm OK with primary-controller.
