On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Alex Deucher wrote:

> --- Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > And the other question is why didn't Kevin want it in the
> > XFree86 tree?  Is there going to be a problem merging this
> > code at some point in the future, or did he just think DRI
> > was a natural home for it?  Just curious really...
>
> He thought since it allowed for 3D in a dualhead
> configuration, it would be a better fit in the DRI tree.
> that's probably why most people would use it since xinerama
> works well for 2D-only dualhead.

I may be imagining this, but in my experience mergedfb gives
better performance (smoother) when solid-dragging a window from
one head to the other, for example. So it's better for 2D too :)

-- 
Bill Gallafent.


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