If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Phoronix, Linux Hardware Reviews, Linux hardware benchmarks, Linux server benchmarks, Linux benchmarking, Desktop Linux, Linux performance, Open Source graphics, Linux How To, Ubuntu benchmarks, Ubuntu hardware, Phoronix Test Suite
The xorg module for Noveau opensource reverse-engineered NVIDIA driver, responsible of 2D acceleration. xf86-video-nouveau package usually.
opensourced Linux "drivers" are split up in 2-3 different modules/parts, usually a kernel module that exposes the hardware to userspace, a userspace 3D acceleration provider (part of Mesa), and a userspace 2D acceleration provider that is a Xorg module.
See here https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Nouveau is composed of:
-a Linux kernel KMS driver (nouveau),
-Gallium3D drivers in Mesa,
-Xorg DDX (xf86-video-nouveau).
The kernel components have also been ported to NetBSD.
(and now it seems NetBSD has xf86-video-nouveau too so they can use NVIDIA cards to drive a desktop PC as long as they don't need 3D acceleration)
Comment