[PATCH 0/4] Cursor's update inside kernel only

[Daniel Stone]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:47:44AM +0100, Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Le 19/01/2009 19:03, Jesse Barnes a écrit :
> > Gah, yeah forgot about drag&  drop of big icons...  Maybe Kristian was right
> > that all cursors should be done in software; hardware just doesn't provide
> > the flexibility desktops want these days.
> 
> Maybe there could be a way to prioritize input events over rendering 
> requests within the server, but going full software for the cursor 
> sounds like the best solution. It's only a pixmap after all...

Input events are already hugely prioritised, and indeed done in a SIGIO
handler.  The main place you tend to fall apart is where the X server
is paged out, and you have to wait while other parts of it get paged in.

Cheers,
Daniel
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