On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 20:42 +0200, Maarten Maathuis wrote: > 2009/9/22 Michel Dänzer <[email protected]>: > > These are two patches for the EXA mixed pixmaps scheme which will first be > > released in xserver 1.7. > > > > The first patch has been working for my day-to-day desktop for more than a > > week, I've also tested that it doesn't seem to regress the other EXA pixmap > > management schemes ('classic' and 'driver'). Given that and its benefits[0], > > I'm going to nominate it for the 1.7 branch as soon as it lands on master. > > It > > would be ideal if it could make the 1.7 release, so all drivers using the > > mixed > > pixmaps scheme can rely on its extended functionality. But better later than > > never. :) > > > > The second patch is an optimization which is fresher and less tested, so > > I'll > > give it some more soak time before nominating it for the 1.7 branch. > > > > > > [0] In addition to the examples in the commit message, I can e.g. also > > imagine > > it being useful for nouveau on newer GPUs which always use tiling. > > > > [PATCH 1/2] EXA: Extend mixed pixmaps scheme to allow driver PrepareAccess > > hook to fail. > > [PATCH 2/2] EXA: Try to minimize UploadToScreen calls for mixed pixmaps. > > If possible avoid cluttering up exa.c with large chunks of > implementation specific code.
Please be more specific how you'd like it to be done. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
