126 Changes To The Intel Driver + New VA Back-End

[phoronix]

Phoronix: 126 Changes To The Intel Driver + New VA Back-End

Intel's Chris Wilson released xf86-video-intel 2.16.902 over the weekend, which brings 126 changes since the last release candidate less than three weeks ago. There's also a new VA-API video acceleration back-end to report on...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTAxNDk

[WorBlux]

This was mentioned a while ago for sandy bridge, but I guess it's still on the to-do list. Having it would be really awesome.

[Kano]

There are test apps included, but those have been slower than x264 fastest profile when i tested it with an i7-2600.

[liam]

There are test apps included, but those have been slower than x264 fastest profile when i tested it with an i7-2600.

Are you sure it was using the "dsp"? Did you happen to notice if the cpu usage was lower while encoding? Also, how did the result look?

Best/Liam

[FreeBSD]

Is it ready yet?

[bwat47]

This looks like it will be a great release.

Will the new SNA architecture benefit older chips? For example the intel ironlake graphics I have on my laptop, its on die graphics like sandybridge and only 1 generation older.