[PATCH 11/12] dri2: Don't block GLX clients on VT switch

Dave Airlie airlied at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 21:11:57 PDT 2012


On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net> wrote:
> Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com> writes:
>
>> This was necessary in DRI1 for a variety of reasons (SAREA ownership,
>> VRAM layout, etc).  None of that is relevant to DRI2.  Which is good,
>> because VT switch is an xf86-ism and I'd like to make DRI2
>> ddx-independent.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com>
>
> We still do this?  Not cool.
>
> The only risk I see is if it means that new clients race ahead to trying
> to do dri2 auth and fail because we've dropped master.

yeah don't VT switch during a piglit run, it won't end well. The thing
is I suspect some app have grown used to this behaviour and will act
all crappy on VT switch without it.

Dave.


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