Intel Still Working On "Fastboot" Linux Graphics

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Still Working On "Fastboot" Linux Graphics

While there's been many Linux-related projects using the "Fastboot" coin, the Intel Linux graphics team have been working on Fastboot support in terms of a faster start process by eliminating some useless mode-sets...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM5NTY

[jbarnes]

Maybe I'll land it one day... Daniel moves too fast for me. Either that or I'm slow at this stuff. No wait, it's both.

[darkbasic]

What kind of improvement are we talking about? Is fastboot just about boot times?

[droidhacker]

Ok, so it boots one millionth of one second faster, but at the expense of "it doesn't turn on your LCD backlight". Totally awesome.

[droidhacker]

What kind of improvement are we talking about? Is fastboot just about boot times?

Sounds like their trying to reduce the initialization time for their drivers.... which initialize in about 1/1000 of a second anyway.

[jbarnes]

It tries to get rid of a potential 2s or so delay in the boot time due to panel power sequencing, but can affect other mode sets too, speeding them up if the configurations match.