Intel Works On Page-Flipping For The Mode-Setting Driver

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Works On Page-Flipping For The Mode-Setting Driver

While the xf86-video-intel X.Org DDX driver has yet to reach version 3.0 even though the 3.0 development series is going on two years old, Intel open-source developers are continuing to spend time on the universal xf86-video-modesetting driver...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org-Modesetting-Page-Flip

[uid313]

Roadmap?

Is there any roadmap for xf86-video-modesetting?

Is there any roadmap for the X.Org Window System?
Other than: http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.8/

[Gusar]

It's been 4 months since the last xf86-video-intel release. It doesn't really matter what the next one will be called, 2.99.218 or 3.0, but a new release would be nice.

Maybe pull a Linus and bump the major version number without any real reason to do so, or have a running gag that 3.0 will never be released , just increment the micro version number forever. But steady releases, regardless version number, would be nice.

[patrakov]

The phrase "the xf86-video-intel DDX driver is also capable of supporting GLAMOR but not enabled by default" in the article is now false. See this commit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/dri...75c445ea358a6d (message: "Remove defunct glamor support").