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Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

Posted Mar 7, 2013 5:37 UTC (Thu) by daniels (subscriber, #16193)
In reply to: Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server by arjan
Parent article: Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

Like Dave said, Wayland actively encourages the use of overlays; we place surfaces into overlays whenever possible, and I'm currently working on a platform where we use the client buffers directly as full scanout buffers (requiring special allocation) when we can.

Everyone in mobile knows about memory bandwidth, it's something we've all been working on for ages. If you've any specific suggestions for improving Wayland's interfaces in this regard, I'd love to hear them.


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Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

Posted Mar 7, 2013 9:58 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

> I'm currently working on a platform where we use the client buffers directly as full scanout buffers

Is that platform Pekka Paalanen's port to to the Raspberry Pi?

Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

Posted Mar 7, 2013 9:59 UTC (Thu) by daniels (subscriber, #16193) [Link]

> Is that platform Pekka Paalanen's port to to the Raspberry Pi?

No.

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