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Bug#597993: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [865GM] shadowfb makes moving windows way too slow



On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 01:07:03 +0400, Dmitry Semyonov wrote:

> Hello Julien,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 13:01, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 00:30:07 +0400, Dmitry Semyonov wrote:
> >
> >> Condensed noteworthy differences between old and new Xorg.0.log:
> >>
> >> < (==) intel(0): Shadow buffer enabled, GPU acceleration disabled.
> >> < (II) intel(0): direct rendering: Disabled
> >>
> >> > (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
> >> > (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
> >>
> > Sounds like it's just "fixed" because the 2.13 version doesn't default
> > to shadow.  Try 'Option "shadow" "off"' in the Device section of
> > xorg.conf with the 2.12+shadow driver, that should be equivalent.
> 
> That's right - it fixes the regression as well. (Note however that
> 'man intel' suggests "shadow" option is disabled by default.)
> 
We're turning it on for i8xx in the debian package to avoid hangs.  I
should fix the manpage to match.

> This reminds me of Lenny release where I had to use
>   Option          "AccelMethod" "XAA"
> to work-around performance issues on the same (865G) chipset :-/
> 
Maybe we could turn it off by default on 865, and keep it on for 830,
845 and 855, since 865 seems more stable...

Cheers,
Julien

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