xf86-video-ati: Branch 'master'

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 19:06 -0800, Dave Airlie wrote: 
> man/radeon.man              |    9 +++++++++
>  src/radeon.h                |    3 +++
>  src/radeon_dri2.c           |    8 ++++++++
>  src/radeon_exa.c            |   14 +++++++++++++-
>  src/radeon_kms.c            |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  src/radeon_textured_video.c |    2 ++
>  6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> New commits:
> commit e20af9c94982ec6487dae42c141d33cf6a7a2eb4
> Author: Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
> Date:   Fri Nov 20 12:15:02 2009 +1000
> 
>     radeon: avoid using hw pixmaps when we have little VRAM.
>     
>     This patch returns NULL for pixmap creation when we are using
>     mixed pixmaps and the pixmap has a size.
>     
>     The size check is necessary for the front buffer.
>     
>     We add a flag to force pixmap creation for certain pixmaps
>     that need to be hw, like the DRI2 and Xv ones.
>     
>     Idea from Michel and workarounds from Ben Skeggs.
>     
>     v2: add Option "EXALowVRAM" to allow configuring this, value in MBs.

Thanks for adding an option, though I suspect a simple boolean option to
force-enable/disable the workaround behaviour might be easier to
understand.


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