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OpenWF Configuration Developer's Guide
If you are integrating a new display, you must configure and provide the parameters of your display based on its specifications via the OpenWF Display Configuration API (Wfdcfg Library).
Introduction to the Wfdcfg library
The Wfdcfg library provides the modes and attributes of your display hardware to your display driver and Screen.

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  - OpenWF Configuration Developer's Guide
    If you are integrating a new display, you must configure and provide the parameters of your display based on its specifications via the OpenWF Display Configuration API (Wfdcfg Library).
    - Before you begin
      This guide is intended to describe how to integrate a new display by setting the appropripate parameters based on your display specifications.
    - Introduction to the Wfdcfg library
      The Wfdcfg library provides the modes and attributes of your display hardware to your display driver and Screen.
    - Getting the source code
      The files from the compressed Wfdcfg archive are extracted onto your host.
    - Setting timing parameters
      Timing is mandatory component of a mode.
    - Updating Wfdcfg source (adding extensions)
      You may want to update your Wfdcfg source if your display supports specific options that you want to control.
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    - OpenWF Display Configuration Library Reference
      The Wfdcfg library provides the modes and attributes of your display hardware to your display driver and to Screen. Your display driver (WFD driver) is the primary user of the Wfdcfg library, but the composition manager component in Screen also uses the modes and attributes from the Wfdcfg library.
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Introduction to the Wfdcfg library

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The Wfdcfg library provides the modes and attributes of your display hardware to your display driver and Screen.

Wfdcfg Library

Your display driver (WFD driver) is the primary user of the Wfdcfg library, but the composition manager component in Screen also uses the modes and attributes from the Wfdcfg library.

The composition manager accesses the OpenWFD modes and attributes from the Wfdcfg library through the WFD driver. Based on this information, the composition manager tells the WFD driver which OpenWFD mode to use.

For the most part, it'll be your WFD driver that interfaces with the Wfdcfg library. Examples of what your driver can do through the Wfdcfg library are:

Apply timing parameters
Control pixel clock frequency
Provide output formats
Control backlighting in Wfdcfg library through callbacks

What your WFD driver can control or provide through the Wfdcfg library is dependent on your specific display hardware.

Wfdcfg library — Figure 1How Wfdcfg interacts with Screen

Some WFD drivers also probe the display hardware for extended display identification data (EDID). This information is consolidated and provided to the composition manager.

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