How ready is i3 (@version 4.2) for David Airlie's GPU hotplugging work?

answered 2012-07-02 18:45:18 +0000

joepd
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i3 does not implement its own xorg server, and conveniently makes use of xrandr to support in-session changes in output. So if those tools get some extra features, i3 could not care less. If xrandr reports success and parameters back in the same way as before, i3 will make use of the new output situation without changes in the i3 code.

Disclaimer: I am not a dev, just an exegete of the unix-philosophy ;)

And if you want to be all fancy about it: You can have udev / systemd issue the command for you when such a device is hot-plugged, so you won't even need to adapt your i3/config :)