Peter Surda wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 04:07:11PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > When did you last try the fbdev driver? It supports DGA as of 4.1.0 and I
> > wonder why it should be slower than the vesa driver as both use the same
> > shadow framebuffer.
> I stopped using fbdev in January so may be I missed something.
>
> Shadow is sometimes slower (e.g. on videos), hence I used to run with
> disabled shadow.
The point stands, both drivers use the same lowlevel code so I'd be surprised
if there is a real performance difference.
> Anyway, is there really a reason to use vesafb + fbdev instead of vesa? I
> don't think so.
But of course! Penguin(s) on bootup! ;)
Seriously though, fbcon offers a lot of advantages over vgacon. But I won't
elaborate as this is OT here.
> BTW did you get the patch for R128PutImage+DMA I posted with ICQ? It fixed
> the last bug I was aware of.
Didn't get it, please mail it to me privately. I'm cleaning up the code and
preparing to commit it to DRI CVS.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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