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The 2.6.29 kernel is outThe 2.6.29 kernel is outPosted Mar 25, 2009 6:28 UTC (Wed) by thedevil (subscriber, #32913)Parent article: The 2.6.29 kernel is out
I am confused by the excitement about kernel GPU modesetting.
Wasn't this exactly what the "use framebuffer for modesetting" option in the X server has done for many years now?
I am a very light user of graphics - 2D only, no games, etc. That may partly excuse my ignorance here :)
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The 2.6.29 kernel is out Posted Mar 27, 2009 14:59 UTC (Fri) by Spudd86 (subscriber, #51683) [Link]
It moves responsability for large amounts of graphics hardware state out of X and into the kernel, this lets all kinds of things happen.
- Mode only gets set once as you boot (no flicker when X starts) - Kernel can display panic messages while X is running - X doesn't need to be root anymore
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