DRI3 damage tracking?

[Pierre Ossman]

On 27/02/2024 17:23, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
>>
>> But the more important part is what happens when the server would like
>> to write to the buffer.
> 
> Now I'm even more confused: why should the server want to write in the
> same buffer ?
> 
> If I'm not completely mistaken, the client renders to some buffer (via
> GL/DRI) and then tells the server to compose that buffer into the
> window (not sure whether it also works w/ other drawables like pixmaps).
> 

The client is not limited to using that buffer as a source. It can also 
tell the X server to use that buffer as a destination.

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