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A New Era For Linux's Low-level Graphics (collabora.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the calling-Collabora dept.

Slashdot reader mfilion writes: Over the past couple of years, Linux's low-level graphics infrastructure has undergone a quiet revolution. Since experimental core support for the atomic modesetting framework landed a couple of years ago, the DRM subsystem in the kernel has seen roughly 300,000 lines of code changed and 300,000 new lines added, when the new AMD driver (~2.5m lines) is excluded. Lately Weston has undergone the same revolution, albeit on a much smaller scale. Here, Daniel Stone, Graphics Lead at Collabora, puts the spotlight on the latest enhancements to Linux's low-level graphics infrastructure, including Atomic modesetting, Weston 4.0, and buffer modifiers.

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  1. Text mode by Spazmania · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How about letting me use the Direct Rendering Manager in X without disrupting my console text mode? Leave my text alone!

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  2. Re:Oh boy by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Framerate-Accelerating General Graphics Operations Technology.

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