Mark Montague wrote: > > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Mark Montague wrote: > > > > > Anyway, it might be worth noting with the question that there may be a > > > severe performance hit for some cards with using UseFBDev. > > > > Excuse me? It should have exactly zero impact on performance. > > You're right with 4.1 I must have been remembering wrong; sorry. Was > there some time in the past where the fbdev option would hit the mga > driver hard, or am I just remembering wrong?
I don't know, but in general it only changes the way modes, colormaps etc. are set up, acceleration stays the same regardless. OTOH it might even make things like VT switching or startup/shutdown faster. YMMV. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
