> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:09:29 +0300 > From: Tiago Vignatti <tiago.vigna...@nokia.com> > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 05:26:34PM +0200, ext Alex Deucher wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Matt Dew <m...@osource.org> wrote: > > > Is that something that should go on a TODO (wish)list? Move remaining > > > DDXs from XXA to EXA? Maybe improve those drivers' performance on EXA > > > first? > > > > I'm not sure it's worth the effort. Much of the older hardware isn't > > even capable of EXA (lack of offset-based blitters for solid/copy and > > the lack of 3D engines for composite). For hw that is, it's a lot of > > work for old hardware that hardly anyone one uses. I suppose there > > are a few chips that are still used where it may make sense. In many > > cases shadowfb is as fast or faster than the blitters on these old > > chips anyway. XAA is mostly sw rendering now anyway. > > so this means we could deprecate XAA from the server, and if one cares about > it we recommend to use old servers?
No. XAA does make a noticable difference on some hardware.
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