I was leaning that way myself...

Alex

--- Thomas Winischhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > 
> > Next, mergedfb...
> > 
> > I've been thinking about creating generic xfree support functions
> to
> > replace the chipset specific ones for mergedfb.  This would make it
> > easier to add mergedfb to other chipsets that support dualhead. 
> Where
> > should this live?  also, as far as pseudo-xinerama, should that be
> made
> > part of the generic mergedfb code or part of xinerama proper? 
> i.e., to
> > extend xinerama to handle both multi-card and single card xinerama.
>  Or
> > is all of this going to be refactored in xfree 5?
> 
> IMHO, pseudo-Xinerama as we have it today is far from being perfect, 
> partly because MergedFB mode does not fit into the Xinerama idea of
> two 
> fixed-sized screens (RandR ignored here) with a fixed boundary
> between them.
> 
> I'd prefer extending Xinerama for MergedFB specifics instead, and 
> removing that pseudo-stuff in the long term.
> 
> However, this would require some enhancements for the Xinerama
> extension 
> (signals to clients, etc). That is, if at all, XF5 material, I guess.
> 
> Thomas
> 


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