Add VAVDA, the VAAPI Video Decode Accelerator for Intel CPUs.

content/public/common/content_switches.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
 
 namespace switches {
 
 // By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an
 // override for developers who need the old behavior for testing.
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 // Enable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
 const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[]     = "enable-threaded-compositing";
 
 // Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
 // SYN packet.
 const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
 
 // Enable support for JavaScript touch events.
 const char kEnableTouchEvents[]             = "enable-touch-events";
 
+// Enables hardware acceleration for video decode on Linux and ChromeOS
+// on Intel CPUs (mostly Sandy Bridge+) using VAAPI.
+const char kEnableVaapiDecodeAcceleration[] = "enable-vaapi-decode-accel";

[Ami GONE FROM CHROMIUM, 2012/03/21 13:16:24]

Can VAAPI be used for anything other than video decode acceleration?
I think a better flag name would be --enable-vaapi / kEnableVaapi

[Pawel Osciak, 2012/03/21 18:40:35]

No
Ok

+
 // Enables support for video tracks. Current implementation is
 // incomplete and this flag is used for development and testing.
 const char kEnableVideoTrack[]              = "enable-video-track";
 
 // Disable Web Intents.
 const char kDisableWebIntents[]             = "disable-web-intents";
 
 // Enables experimental features for the geolocation API.
 // Current features:
 // - CoreLocation support for Mac OS X 10.6
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 // Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
 const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
 
 #if defined(USE_AURA)
 // Forces usage of the test compositor. Needed to run ui tests on bots.
 extern const char kTestCompositor[]         = "test-compositor";
 #endif
 
 }  // namespace switches