Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-30 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:28 am Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:55:50 -0200 > > Tiago Vignatti wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Under KMS, we can build a feature to update the cursor directly to screen > > without the continuous intervention of the userspace application (X > > server,

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-30 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:28:37PM +0200, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > Consider a case where user space is stalled due to excessive load, and > let's think about usability. Much of usability comes from feedback > given to a user. > > If cursor updates are done completely inside the kernel, the mo

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-24 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 06:55:50PM -0200, Tiago Vignatti wrote: > Under KMS, we can build a feature to update the cursor directly to > screen without the continuous intervention of the userspace > application (X server, wayland, etc). It's a fastpath for DRM based > cursors obtained by short-

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 10:03 -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Friday, January 16, 2009 1:55 pm Rémi Cardona wrote: > > Le 16/01/2009 21:21, Jesse Barnes a écrit : > > > On Monday, January 5, 2009 12:55 pm Tiago Vignatti wrote: > > >> Right now a thing that is annoying me is how others cursors, sw >

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-20 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:47:44AM +0100, Rémi Cardona wrote: > Le 19/01/2009 19:03, Jesse Barnes a écrit : > > Gah, yeah forgot about drag& drop of big icons... Maybe Kristian was right > > that all cursors should be done in software; hardware just doesn't provide > > the flexibility desktops wa

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-19 Thread Rémi Cardona
Le 19/01/2009 19:03, Jesse Barnes a écrit : > Gah, yeah forgot about drag& drop of big icons... Maybe Kristian was right > that all cursors should be done in software; hardware just doesn't provide > the flexibility desktops want these days. Maybe there could be a way to prioritize input events

RE: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-19 Thread McDonald, Michael-p7438c
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Gettys [mailto:j...@freedesktop.org] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:24 PM > To: McDonald, Michael-p7438c > Cc: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only > > At this date,

RE: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-19 Thread McDonald, Michael-p7438c
> -Original Message- > From: xorg-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org > [mailto:xorg-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Barnes > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:03 AM > To: dri-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re:

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-19 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Friday, January 16, 2009 1:55 pm Rémi Cardona wrote: > Le 16/01/2009 21:21, Jesse Barnes a écrit : > > On Monday, January 5, 2009 12:55 pm Tiago Vignatti wrote: > >> Right now a thing that is annoying me is how others cursors, sw > >> rendered, could be implemented. I want to avoid two different

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-16 Thread Rémi Cardona
Le 16/01/2009 21:21, Jesse Barnes a écrit : > On Monday, January 5, 2009 12:55 pm Tiago Vignatti wrote: >> Right now a thing that is annoying me is how others cursors, sw rendered, >> could be implemented. I want to avoid two differents sets of the same code >> in different contexts. IMHO conceptua

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-16 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Monday, January 5, 2009 12:55 pm Tiago Vignatti wrote: > Right now a thing that is annoying me is how others cursors, sw rendered, > could be implemented. I want to avoid two differents sets of the same code > in different contexts. IMHO conceptually all these cursor update things > must be in-k

[PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

2009-01-05 Thread Tiago Vignatti
Hi guys, Under KMS, we can build a feature to update the cursor directly to screen without the continuous intervention of the userspace application (X server, wayland, etc). It's a fastpath for DRM based cursors obtained by short-circuit the kernel input layer and DRM module. This would solve all