just a short comment on the illustrations... > Mode 1: (fixed width font required for viewing) > > +------------------------------------------+ > |+--------------------+ +-----------------+| > || | | || > || | | || > || | | head 2 || > || | | 1024x768 || > || head 1 | | || > || 1280x1024 | | || > || | +-----------------+| > || | | > || | Virtual framebuffer| > |+--------------------+ | > +------------------------------------------+
bottom right part is not virtual, it is just a true framebuffer memory region that is not feed to any RAM-DAC unit. virtual means more sort of emulated or not really what it seems to be. it makes only sens if you attribute the "virtual" word to desktop or screen and thus to the whole area, making up a virtual desktop or virtual screen support in contrast to the possibly much smaller true viewport areas. in the view of the CPU and the GPU it is frambuffer, regardless how you can view it. -Alex. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
