Phoronix: Intel Releases xf86-video-intel 2.8 RC Driver
In preparation for Intel's quarterly DDX driver update, Carl Worth has announced the first release candidate of the xf86-video-intel 2.8 driver. This driver is significant in that it completely abolishes DRI1 and EXA support in favor of only supporting DRI2 and UXA, respectively.The UMA Acceleration Architecture is derived from EXA and was supposed to be merged back into EXA, but that didn't end up happening...
In preparation for Intel's quarterly DDX driver update, Carl Worth has announced the first release candidate of the xf86-video-intel 2.8 driver. This driver is significant in that it completely abolishes DRI1 and EXA support in favor of only supporting DRI2 and UXA, respectively.The UMA Acceleration Architecture is derived from EXA and was supposed to be merged back into EXA, but that didn't end up happening...
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