Memory issue with libcairo/gl and -nvidia binary driver

[Zan Dobersek]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Levi Schuck <kloplop321 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> That last part seems pretty sad....
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Only to a Nvidia employee.


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> On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:31, cat <zixon65 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bryce Harrington < <bryce at canonical.com>
> bryce at canonical.com> wrote:
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>> In testing, we found an oddball issue that with enabling GL for
>> libcairo, when running under NVIDIA's proprietary driver applications
>> see significantly increased memory utilization.
>>
>>   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/725434>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/725434
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>> For ubuntu we're working around this by having gl and non-gl binary
>> packages in libcairo, so wayland can use the former and everything else
>> the latter.  We will be seeking a more proper fix longer term.
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>> I don't think this affects wayland directly, so just take as an FYI.
>>
>> Bryce
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> Forgive me if Im wrong but isn't nvidia ignoring the new graphics
> technologies(no plan support for kms)?
> really I forsee the driver becoming obsolete. They are ignoring the newer
> technoloie systems, and the aren't planning to support their own
> technologies on linux. on top of this the nouveau driver has been shown to
> out preform the nvidia driver on low end cards
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