Ok, I messed this email up :-) On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 11:27 +0100, Graeme Gregory wrote: > > Hi I just recieved an interesting mail in the Xorg MailingList this was > > the contents : > > > > >> Why not just go for the full X11? Memory wise I found no difference > > >> in the memory usage between X11 and kdrive on the OMAP. > > > > > >I am told that the full Xorg isn't very happy when built against > > >uClibc. > > > > > > So here's my question, if the memory footprint of kdrive is the same as > > the full xorg, why choose kdrive over the full xorg ? > > > > There might be interesing features in the full server that aren't there > > in kdrive. Plus I've read here that the X driver has got duplicate code > > in the X driver from the framebuffer, so there's no really gain in term > > of size of the driver either... > > > > So here's my question if I am totally wrong or asked a totally stupid > > question I am sorry, as I don't know all the implications. > > Ok, I may have mangled the history a little here, but this is the basics > I hope. > > When we first started on this kdrive/tinyX was the playground for new > features within the xorg/xf86 family. xorg didn't support touchscreens, > or a configless running. The lack of these features was a killer because > making a user construct an xorg.conf on device was a pain. kdrive also > had the RENDER extension so people could play with shinies. > > Xglamo was then created in the kdrive family. > > Now OM is going to invest some time in investigating if Xorg or Kdrive > is the best path forward in the future. Xorg has acheived some level of > configless running. Has touchscreen drivers. And the shinies extensions. > It is being used on other embedded boards built from OE as well. > > Graeme
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