Re: XFree86 4.1.0: call for help
Michel Dänzer wrote:
> While we're at it: The last other real issue in the r128 driver is mostly
> exposed by Xv: the data is moved to the framebuffer word by word, but it
> gets swapped depending on the current depth, so the video is broken. Does
> anyone have a better idea than to use different ways to move the data
> depending on the depth?
>
> Wait, I have an idea: Disable byte swapping before moving the data and
> restore it after. I'm going to test that.
Works beautifully, why didn't I think of that before?
I was afraid that it might impact performance or interact badly with other
things like the DRI, but neither seems to be the case. :)
Patch submitted to XFree86 and Branden.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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