xf86-video-geode: double the RandR for half theprice

[Jordan Crouse]

On 07/08/08 19:45 -0700, Dhimant Bhayani wrote:
> Hello Jordan,
> 
> This is excellent news. Does this also mean that graphics
> performance goes up as well? Is anyone you know doing 
> Optimization of OpenGL library for LX800? Lot of new apps
> are using OpenGL for UI and I have noticed that this becoming
> an issue.

Sorry, this won't have any effect on graphics performance, and
certainly not for OpenGL.  Of course you know that there is no
3D hardware acceleration of any kind on the LX, so you are completely
at the mercy of the developers of the software renderer, which probably
isn't ultra-optimized for an older generation x86 processor with a short
pipeline and so-so floating point performance.  I'm sure there is
interesting work there for somebody with the skills and the motivation,
but I haven't heard of anybody taking up the challenge.

Jordan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xorg-driver-geode-bounces at lists.x.org
> [mailto:xorg-driver-geode-bounces at lists.x.org] On Behalf Of
> Jordan Crouse
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:07 AM
> To: xorg-driver-geode at lists.x.org; devel at laptop.org
> Subject: [Xorg-driver-geode] xf86-video-geode: double the RandR
> for half theprice
> 
> I am happy to present a preview of the forthcoming release of
> the 
> xf86-video-geode driver.  This time around, we are adding RandR
> 1.2
> support to the driver, which means that we add far superior
> control
> over modes and outputs while removing enormous chunks of now
> useless code.  But wait, there's more - with better control over
> mode setting comes the long awaited panel scaling that the OLPC
> folks have been waiting for.  And, at no extra cost, I did a
> massive
> cleanup of the code (the new driver is 16k smaller then the old
> one).
> On the minus side, rotation doesn't currently work, but I'm
> going to
> get that back in.
> 
> All this is in the 'xrandr12' branch on the git repository:
> http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode.gi
> t;a=shortlog;h=randr12
> 
> Be forwarned that this is designed to work with the very latest
> xserver pre-1.5 release.  When we release the code, it will be
> backported to work with xserver-1.4 as well.
> 
> So, what do I need from you?  Testing, please - and lots of it.
> With major changes like these, there is always something that 
> will go wrong.  keep checking back often for updates and new
> code.  
> 
> Jordan
> 
> PS:  Non OLPC users with panels - there is a slight change that
> you will need to be aware of if you previous used the
> 'PanelGeometry'
> option; it has been removed in favor of the 'PanelMode' option:
> 
> option "PanelMode" "clock hactive hstart hsend htotal vactive
> vstart
>                    vsend vtotal"
> 
> If you are using a "standard" panel and you don't know the
> timings, you
> can probably steal them from the list src/lx_panel.c.  Let me
> know
> if you have problems.
> 
> -- 
> Jordan Crouse
> Systems Software Development Engineer 
> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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Jordan Crouse
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