According to Jeroen Janssen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > The VM should not waste CPU-ressources on scanning this buffer for
> > changes.
> >
> > There should be an mechanism to tell the host-code which parts of the
> > frame-buffer have to be redrawn.
>
> I first want to do "worst case scenario" (when all pixels need to be
> drawn)... depending on the guest OS display driver abilities, it might
> also be possible to have a list with "dirty" areas that need to be
> redrawn, but this stands/fails with the ability to detect wich areas are
> "dirty".
How about dividing the display buffer into different pages, and have the
guest-OS driver pass the index-numbers of the pages that have changed?
Wouter
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