On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 23:39, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Alex Deucher wrote:
> 
> >Unless anyone says otherwise, I'm going to remove this code.  All it
> >has done is generate complaints from MergedFB users.  Apparently it
> >doesn't hurt anything (ie. cause a crash) to leave direct rendering
> >enabled if the virtual desktop is larger than 2048.  Since MergedFB
> >users seem to be the only ones running into it, I don't see this
> >affecting regular DRI users.  I will put a warning in the code if the
> >virtual res is larger than 2048 to let them know that they may run into
> >issues.
> 
> My suggestion would be to make it a config file option defaulting 
> to the current behaviour.  That way users who don't know any 
> better get 3D working full desktop, but get an error/warning to 
> the log file if their resolution goes beyond what is supported.  
> Users who know what they're doing and want 3D on part of the 
> desktop anyway can force enable it.

I suspect they could as well just disable the check in the source...

Why doesn't somebody implement one of the discussed workarounds in the
3D drivers? :)


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer   \  Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast  \     http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer



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