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docs only: what the readmes, the header and the rust docs said that the code does not do.

1- kernel: GETFB2 is in mainline since 5.7 (455e00f1412f), not 4.20. ubuntu 20.04 runs it as a backport in its 5.4 (LP: #1863874, since 5.4.0-16.19).
2- pixel layout: a converted frame is XRGB8888, but a linear 8-bit scanout comes back in its own order (reduce_linear_to_xrgb8888 leaves 8-bit formats alone), and frame->format says which.
3- the helper exports a tiled or virtio-gpu scanout as a dma-buf and copies the pixels of a linear one, so drmtap_grab can return pixels with dma_buf_fd -1. the rust grab() and data() docs say it too.
4- drmtap_grab_mapped says how long frame->data lives and points at drmtap_frame_owns_data().
5- the fp16 note only promises the linear case; the tiled one is a separate code fix.

meson test 13/13, cargo test with doctests green, csrc resynced, version coherence ok.

- GETFB2 is in mainline since 5.7 (455e00f1412f), not 4.20; Ubuntu 20.04
  runs it as a backport in its 5.4.
- A converted frame is XRGB8888, but a linear 8-bit scanout keeps its own
  order (reduce_linear_to_xrgb8888 leaves 8-bit formats alone); frame->format
  says which.
- Through the helper a linear scanout on a real GPU is copied, not exported:
  drmtap_grab then returns pixels and dma_buf_fd -1. grab() and data() in the
  Rust wrapper say so too.
- drmtap_grab_mapped says how long frame->data lives and points at
  drmtap_frame_owns_data().
- The FP16 note only promises the linear case.
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    • Clarified that mapped captures contain linear 8-bit pixels, with their layout identified by the reported format; converted frames use XRGB8888.
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    • Updated tiled or compressed framebuffer support requirements to Linux 5.7+, noting Ubuntu 20.04’s backport. Linear framebuffers remain supported on older kernels.

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Capture documentation now distinguishes converted pixels from linear scanouts that retain their format. It also describes helper-mediated copies, frame data lifetimes, FP16 conversion, and kernel requirements for tiled or modifier framebuffers.

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include/drmtap.h, bindings/rust/libdrmtap-sys/csrc/drmtap.h, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/src/lib.rs, bindings/rust/libdrmtap-sys/README.md, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/README.md, README.md, AGENTS.md
The API and binding documentation describes converted pixels as XRGB8888 and linear scanouts as retaining their reported format. It documents helper copies for linear scanouts on non-virtio GPUs, DMA-BUF availability, and frame data lifetimes.
Kernel and pixel-conversion notes
README.md, bindings/rust/libdrmtap-sys/README.md, bindings/rust/libdrmtap/README.md
The tiled or modifier framebuffer requirement is updated to Linux 5.7, with Ubuntu 20.04’s backport noted. The FP16 description states that linear scanouts are reduced to 8-bit sRGB.

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Documentation only. The pixel paragraph of both crate READMEs now ties the 8-bit layout to the mapped grab and says that grab() converts nothing (CodeRabbit on #70).
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