On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:03:32 +0000
Mark Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> - Only partial DGA support (not sure what this is good for)
DGA was used in the days before Xvideo to have a fast path
to the graphics card. It was done by giving the X client
a portion of the graphics card memory as dumb framebuffer.
AFAIK the only use was for software renderer and vido players.
It's main disadvantage was that it could not operate in a
window and thus had to switch into fullscreen. After the release
of XF86 4.0 its already little usage was reduced to zero.
IIRC only MPlayer and VLC still support DGA output.
Attila Kinali
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If you want to walk far, walk together.
-- African proverb
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