[opensuse-factory] Switch from intel to modesetting with xserver 1.19 in Tumbleweed?
Dear List, in the news yesterday is Fedora Rawhide switching to the generic modesetting driver in favor of intels DDX [1]. Modesetting is said to be more stable, while 2D performance compared to glamor is worse in few areas [2]. There was also no official intel-DDX release in 2 years, no stable one in 3 years. Ubuntu 16.10 and Debian Unstable (July 2016) also did the switch for Intel "Gen4" hardware and newer (anything past the i965GM era) [3] As xserver 1.19 is still baking for tumbleweed - are there plans that we also make the switch when it lands? Cheers, Thomas [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Xorg-Intel-DDX-Switch [2] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-modesetting-2017&num=1 [3] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-Intel-DDX -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:40:25 +0100, tomtomme wrote:
Dear List, in the news yesterday is Fedora Rawhide switching to the generic modesetting driver in favor of intels DDX [1]. Modesetting is said to be more stable, while 2D performance compared to glamor is worse in few areas [2]. There was also no official intel-DDX release in 2 years, no stable one in 3 years. Ubuntu 16.10 and Debian Unstable (July 2016) also did the switch for Intel "Gen4" hardware and newer (anything past the i965GM era) [3]
As xserver 1.19 is still baking for tumbleweed - are there plans that we also make the switch when it lands?
FWIW, modesetting is used already for Intel Skylake and newer, but yes, we discussed it locally (even today) and agreed with going forward to this way. Stefan, could you clarify your grand-plan? thanks, Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Hi. El miércoles, 11 de enero de 2017 18:40:25 (CET) tomtomme escribió:
Dear List, in the news yesterday is Fedora Rawhide switching to the generic modesetting driver in favor of intels DDX [1]. Modesetting is said to be more stable, while 2D performance compared to glamor is worse in few areas [2]. There was also no official intel-DDX release in 2 years, no stable one in 3 years. Ubuntu 16.10 and Debian Unstable (July 2016) also did the switch for Intel "Gen4" hardware and newer (anything past the i965GM era) [3]
As xserver 1.19 is still baking for tumbleweed - are there plans that we also make the switch when it lands?
Cheers, Thomas
[1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Xorg-Intel-DDX-Swi tch [2] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-modesetting-2017&nu m=1 [3] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-Int el-DDX
Will the current driver be available? I have an Intel Atom Processor N450 based (GMA 3150) netbook that IIRC doesn't support modesetting + glamor fails because the graphics card doesn't have enough of something I don't remember right now. I don't remember either if it worked without glamor, but I think that if it did it was very slow. I know that my description of the problem is very imprecise, but the point is that modesetting is a no go on my netbook. Greetings. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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