On 2021-01-20 16:45 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > In 2008 a new technology DDX driver's development was begun: > <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-modesetting/commit/?id=b212306ae7bd3a79fb290a32ebd3952c2cba846d> > The new technology made it hardware independent, able to be used by any GPU > that > has a full-functioning DRM/KMS driver. 2D acceleration depended on Glamor. In > Debian, the xf86-video-modesetting package was named > xserver-xorg-video-modesetting. > > In 2014, the development stage of xf86-video-modesetting ceased. > <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-modesetting/> > > Its life as a separate package then ceased as well. It was moved into the > server > package. I never found an announcement to the effect, but I believe this move > in > effect made it the default DDX driver for any version of the Xorg server from > version 1.17.0 and up.
Not really, the upstream Xorg server still uses a graphics card specific driver if available. On Debian, the modesetting driver is preferred for non-vintage Intel and NVidia GPUs by distribution-specific patches[1,2]. Cheers, Sven 1. https://sources.debian.org/src/xorg-server/2:1.20.10-2/debian/patches/06_use-intel-only-on-pre-gen4.diff 2. https://sources.debian.org/src/xorg-server/2:1.20.10-2/debian/patches/07_use-modesetting-driver-by-default-on-GeForce.diff