Phase 0: drmprobe findings + A1 corrigendum + worklist update

The drm_info-during-playback probe under Wayland confirmed
KWin IS GL-compositing per frame: Plane 39 rotates triple-
buffered ABGR8888 framebuffers (FB IDs 60/61/66) during
playback. The earlier "0% kwin CPU = direct-scanout" reading
in a1_summary.md was a CPU-blind-spot artifact — Panfrost
shader work isn't visible to top or perf-on-userspace.

Corrigendum added to a1_summary.md preserving the original
text as the on-the-day record.

Worklist: A1 entry updated to point at both summaries.

The probe itself was invasive (drm_info every 3s perturbed
KWin's atomic-commit fast-path, kwin %CPU jumped 0->18 median
and 6 drops appeared) — usable diagnostically but cannot be
embedded in measurement reps.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# A1 baseline — verdict
> **CORRIGENDUM 2026-05-03 ~17:00 CEST** — the
> "Major reframing finding" section below interpreted 0 %
> kwin CPU as "KWin doing nothing per frame, direct-scanout
> engaged, campaign hypothesis structurally weakened." That
> interpretation is **wrong**. A subsequent
> drm_info-during-playback probe (see
> `drmprobe_findings.md` in this directory) shows Plane 39
> rotates triple-buffered ABGR8888 framebuffers throughout
> playback — KWin IS doing per-frame GL composite, but
> the work is GPU-side (Panfrost) and invisible to top /
> perf-on-userspace. The campaign's mechanism is intact;
> the matrix needs GPU-aware metrics. The original text
> below is preserved as the on-the-day record of what I
> concluded with insufficient instrumentation.
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**Three in-session reps of chromium-fourier 149 / brave_drops_test.html
/ Plasma Wayland 6.6.4 + kwin-fourier 6.6.4-3 + qt6-base-fourier
6.11.0-3 acquired 2026-05-03 14:2314:31 CEST.**