Say Hello To XWayland & A New X.Org Video Driver
Posted by Michael Larabel on June 21, 2011
Corentin Chary has announced the release of XWayland and the new xf86-video-wlshm driver.
The XWayland component is what previously was known as X.Org "Hosted" for running an X.Org Server as a Wayland client. WIth the new XWayland system, it's been re-based on X.Org master, updated against the latest Wayland changes, provides new input code that supports the latest xf86-input-* drivers, and improves overall stability.
The new xf86-video-wlshm driver provides a "fake" video driver that doesn't depend upon any video driver-specific functionality but works without any "real video hardware" to provide for easy testing.
Read more in this mailing list message.
The XWayland component is what previously was known as X.Org "Hosted" for running an X.Org Server as a Wayland client. WIth the new XWayland system, it's been re-based on X.Org master, updated against the latest Wayland changes, provides new input code that supports the latest xf86-input-* drivers, and improves overall stability.
The new xf86-video-wlshm driver provides a "fake" video driver that doesn't depend upon any video driver-specific functionality but works without any "real video hardware" to provide for easy testing.
Read more in this mailing list message.
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