Radeon EXA experiences

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 16:11 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> I installed the latest xorg from cvs to give the new exa framework a go.
> These are the issues I found:
> 
>  * The initial 'X' cursor is instead a blue, semi-transparent square.
> 
>  * Only the first word of most texts is rendered.

A problem like that was fixed in EXA recently, when did you last update
it?

>  * Occasional rendering glitches around glyphs. A multicolored
> horisontal line appears.

Yeah, most likely remaining minor cache flushing glitches.

>  * Mouse pointer disappears over GL windows.
> 
>  * Mouse only gets 1-bit alpha over Xv overlay.

All your mouse related issues sound like you're using SW cursor, try HW
cursor instead.


> If I start xcompmgr I also have the problem of GL overlay not being
> clipped. But this appears on XAA aswell. XAA also gives rendering bugs
> with GL and xcompmgr so on this point EXA is more well behaved.

Yeah, this is because GL direct rendering isn't properly redirected yet.


> Btw, composite and shadows on windows have got a real now even without
> EXA. I thought XAA couldn't accelerate those things?

It does accelerate RENDER, but not nearly as well as EXA does.


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