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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. Re:Oh boy by svanheulen · · Score: 5, Informative

    DRM in this context is "Direct Rendering Manager" not "Digital rights management" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Direct Rendering Manager by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    A stupid name if there ever was one.

  3. 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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  4. Re:Stuff it all in the Kernel. by Spazmania · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The kernel is there to interface with the hardware. The Direct Rendering Manager interfaces with the graphics hardware.

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  5. Re:Oh boy by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the hell thought that was a good idea? Next up we have the New Accelerated Micro Binary Launcher Assembly.

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  6. Re: DRM rename by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The truth is, the 'Digital "Rights" Management' acronym is what needs to be replaced.

    It's not my digital rights that it manages, nor yours.

  7. Re: Oh boy by svanheulen · · Score: 2

    Most consumer desktop video cards have a both an open source driver and a proprietary driver available for Linux.

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

    Framerate-Accelerating General Graphics Operations Technology.

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  9. Re:Oh boy by DeVilla · · Score: 3, Informative

    DRM was a term a video interface in the Linux kernel before it became a euphemism for consumer abuse in the publishing industry.

  10. Re:DRM rename by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about systemDRM?

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  11. Re:Somebody tell me by AHuxley · · Score: 2

    A free to pay game will look as pretty on Linux. Just like Windows and OS X and the cell phone.

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