On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 19:18, Keith Packard wrote: > Around 18 o'clock on Mar 9, Michel Daenzer wrote: > > > BTW, the composite extension will require buffer swaps to be handled by > > the X server (as well as per-context buffers, ...), so we might as well > > start planning how to get there. :) > > Ah, Composite isn't as X-centric as it might first appear... > > Composite just places X windows in off-screen buffers, it doesn't require > that their contents be rendered with X primitives. I sure hope to build a > Composite manager which uses GL instead of X for this operation, in which > case the buffer swapping will be under GL control.
My point is that the kernel can't do it on its own, as only the composite manager knows what the final result should look like. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
