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docs only. the header, the api document, the 0.5.8 changelog entry and the wrapper docs said a consumer turns a frame by (output transform - plane rotation). the rule is binary: a frame from a plane that rotated or reflected is already upright and is left alone; a frame from a plane at rotate-0, or without the property, is turned by the whole output transform. they are not subtracted because a compositor programs the plane from the crtc transform, which also folds in the panel orientation of the connector, and wl_output does not carry that (read from the mutter source, not measured).

this is the rule rustdesk uses (rustdesk/rustdesk#16345), verified on 26-sep with a peer connected: i915 + mutter at 180 (plane 0x4, frame left alone) and amdgpu + kwin at 180 (plane 0x1, frame turned), both upright.

files: include/drmtap.h (and csrc/ via tools/sync-crate.sh), docs/research/05_api_and_architecture.md, CHANGELOG.md (the 0.5.8 entry), bindings/rust/libdrmtap/src/lib.rs, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/README.md. tools/check-version.sh: version coherence OK. no version bump: nothing compiled changes.

…, not a subtraction

The header, the api document, the 0.5.8 changelog entry and the wrapper
docs told a consumer to turn a frame by (output transform - plane
rotation). The rule rustdesk ended up with, and the one the header's own
reasoning supports, is binary: a frame from a plane that rotated or
reflected is already upright and is left alone; a frame from a plane at
rotate-0, or without the property, is turned by the whole output
transform. The two are not subtracted because a compositor programs the
plane from the CRTC transform, which also folds in the panel orientation
of the connector, and wl_output does not carry that (read from the
mutter source, not measured). Docs only; csrc/ resynced.
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    • Clarified how to handle frame orientation: leave frames unchanged when the plane rotates or reflects them; otherwise, apply the full output transform.

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Documentation now says to leave frames unchanged when the plane rotates or reflects them. When the plane is unrotated or has no rotation property, it says to apply the full output transform.

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Plane Rotation Guidance

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Document frame rotation handling
include/drmtap.h, bindings/rust/libdrmtap-sys/csrc/drmtap.h, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/src/lib.rs, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/README.md, docs/research/05_api_and_architecture.md, CHANGELOG.md
The documentation replaces the instruction to subtract plane rotation from the output transform. It describes leaving frames unchanged when the plane rotates or reflects them, and applying the full output transform otherwise. The changelog notes that the compositor programs plane rotation from the CRTC transform, which includes panel orientation unavailable through wl_output.

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The README gives the wrong Rust API value for a plane without a rotation property, which could mislead frame-orientation handling. Correct this localized documentation mismatch; the risk is bounded.

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The change updates guidance for handling captured frames, not the capture implementation or its permissions. Its main uncertainty is whether the rule holds across compositor and hardware combinations beyond those described.

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In @bindings/rust/libdrmtap/README.md:
- Line 84: Update the `plane_rotation()` documentation to state that a plane
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…property and Err when it cannot read

The README said None meant no plane bound or an unreadable property set
and that a plane without the property answered Some(0x1). The wrapper
returns Ok(None) for -ENOTSUP (no property, treat as rotate-0) and an
Err for every other failure; lib.rs already said so.
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