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1# libdisplay-info
2
3EDID and DisplayID library.
4
5Goals:
6
7- Provide a set of high-level, easy-to-use, opinionated functions as well as
8  low-level functions to access detailed information.
9- Simplicity and correctness over performance and resource usage.
10- Well-tested and fuzzed.
11
12Documentation is available on the [website].
13
14## Using
15
16The public API headers are categorised as either high-level or low-level API
17as per the comments in the header files. Users of libdisplay-info should prefer
18high-level API over low-level API when possible.
19
20If high-level API lacks needed features, please propose additions to the
21high-level API upstream before using low-level API to get what you need.
22If the additions are rejected, you are welcome to use the low-level API.
23
24This policy is aimed to propagate best practises when interpreting EDID
25and DisplayID information which can often be cryptic or even inconsistent.
26
27libdisplay-info uses [semantic versioning]. The public API is not yet stable.
28
29## Contributing
30
31Open issues and merge requests on the [GitLab project]. Discuss and ask
32questions in the [#wayland] IRC channel on OFTC.
33
34In general, the [Wayland contribution guidelines] should be followed. In
35particular, each commit must carry a Signed-off-by tag to denote that the
36submitter adheres to the [Developer Certificate of Origin 1.1]. This project
37follows the [freedesktop.org Contributor Covenant].
38
39## Building
40
41libdisplay-info has the following dependencies:
42
43- [hwdata] for the PNP ID database used at build-time only.
44
45libdisplay-info is built using [Meson]:
46
47    meson setup build/
48    ninja -C build/
49
50## Testing
51
52The low-level EDID library is tested against [edid-decode]. `test/data/`
53contains a small collection of EDID blobs and diffs between upstream
54`edid-decode` and our `di-edid-decode` clone. Our CI ensures the diffs are
55up-to-date. A patch should never make the diffs grow larger. To re-generate the
56test data, build `edid-decode` at the Git revision mentioned in
57`.gitlab-ci.yml`, put the executable in `PATH`, and run
58`ninja -C build/ gen-test-data`.
59
60The latest code coverage report is available on [GitLab CI][coverage].
61
62## Fuzzing
63
64To fuzz libdisplay-info with [AFL], the library needs to be instrumented:
65
66    CC=afl-gcc meson build/
67    ninja -C build/
68    afl-fuzz -i test/data/ -o afl/ build/di-edid-decode/di-edid-decode
69
70[website]: https://emersion.pages.freedesktop.org/libdisplay-info/
71[semantic versioning]: https://semver.org/
72[GitLab project]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info
73[#wayland]: ircs://irc.oftc.net/#wayland
74[Wayland contribution guidelines]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
75[Developer Certificate of Origin 1.1]: https://developercertificate.org/
76[freedesktop.org Contributor Covenant]: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct/
77[hwdata]: https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata
78[Meson]: https://mesonbuild.com/
79[coverage]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info/-/jobs/artifacts/main/file/build/meson-logs/coveragereport/index.html?job=build-gcc
80[edid-decode]: https://git.linuxtv.org/edid-decode.git/
81[AFL]: https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/
82