Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:32:51 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: short display with 2.1.132-ac3, matroxfb and XF86_SVGA 3.3.3 |
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On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Gerd Knorr wrote: > > > > But I really think that it should be easy to tell X not to switch modes, > > and just tell it hat mode it is in. > > Already done. The Server is XF86_FBDev, and it is part of XFree86 3.3.3 > (althrouth it is'nt compiled by default and therefore not included in > binary releases, probably becauce you need 2.1.x kernel headers to > compile it).
No, it is NOT already done.
As you yourself admit, it has no acceleration, and as such it is pretty useless for people who really care.
There really shouldn't be anything like XF86_FBDev - that's just pointless exactly because it doesn't do acceleration. There should be a generic option in the video setup section that just tells all the normal X servers that they shouldn't worry about setting up the mode, because it has already been done for them. That way people with a Matrox board just use the Matrox X server, and they get full advantage of the board they have.
XF86_FBDev is something that should be considered at most to be a "least common denominator" kind of thing, the way XF86_VGA16 is for people who have cards that don't have any real server for them. It should be recognized as being just a stopgap measure for when there isn't a native driver available.
Linus
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