Intel: Default for "Virtual"

Andreas Schildbach andreas at schildbach.de
Mon Aug 27 11:43:33 PDT 2007


Keith Packard wrote:

>> Why is that "maximum size" setting needed at all? 
> 
> The current driver cannot reallocate the frame buffer, so whatever size
> you start with is the maximum the screen can ever become, and that this
> amount of physical memory is tied down for the whole X server run.

Thanks for the explanation!

> Yes, we're hoping to fix this soon.

This is good to know. I'd be happy to test this feature.

Regards,

Andreas




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