Subject: Re: Initiating an Xserver Shutdown (NetBSD 1.6.1)
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
From: Thomas Pornin <pornin@bolet.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/24/2004 15:05:42
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:34:42AM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> I'd also suggest that if there _are_ any cases where XFree86 Sun
> framebuffer code is in fact better accelerated than Xsun code, the
> better result would be obtained by adding the acceleration to the Xsun
> code

For what it's worth, Sun does exactly that for Solaris x86: they
provide an Openwin-based X server with device drivers from the XFree86
base code. They claim it to provide better performance and overall
integration with the Solaris OS than a genuine XFree86.


	--Thomas Pornin