XAA vs. EXA in old hardware support

Michael Lorenz macallan at netbsd.org
Tue Jun 20 11:07:08 PDT 2006


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Hello,

> You kill fast line draws, you make X a hell of a lot less attractive 
> for instrumentation guys like me. If I can hand a line segment to the 
> hardware and let it draw while the CPU does something else that is a 
> DEFINITE win.

Especially when the bus through which you access video memory isn't 
very fast.

have fun
Michael
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