Re: [Q] XFree86 4.0 config for Powerstack?
Jonathan Belson wrote:
>
> >Jonathan Belson wrote:
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> >> BTW, does the Matrox driver work under PowerPC? I have a spare
> >> Matrox Millenium sitting in my server, which doesn't even have
> >> a monitor attached...
> >
> >If matroxfb works, I think chances are high that the matrox driver works
> >too, with Option "UseFBDev".
>
> Next dumb question - if I use the frame buffer device, will it use
> hardare acceleration? I've used unaccelerated X servers before and
> the experience was pretty painful.
First off, X 4 should be faster even without acceleration thanks to the
ShadowFB layer.
The fbdev driver can't provide acceleration as it's just a generic driver for
framebuffer devices.
The matrox driver OTOH is well accelerated, even on top of the framebuffer
device. There may be some endianness etc. bugs though.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
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