Re: XFree86 4.1.0-0pre1v2 available for i386,powerpc,sparc
Mark Montague wrote:
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> Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:
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> > Mark Montague wrote:
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> > > Anyway, it might be worth noting with the question that there may be a
> > > severe performance hit for some cards with using UseFBDev.
> >
> > Excuse me? It should have exactly zero impact on performance.
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> You're right with 4.1 I must have been remembering wrong; sorry. Was
> there some time in the past where the fbdev option would hit the mga
> driver hard, or am I just remembering wrong?
I don't know, but in general it only changes the way modes, colormaps etc. are
set up, acceleration stays the same regardless. OTOH it might even make things
like VT switching or startup/shutdown faster. YMMV.
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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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