why i remember that i read somewhere that KMS is not needed and the protocol can be implemented with different ways.
i might be wrong though
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Panix; good question.
Today the older UMS code paths provide a good "fail safe" alternative when the newer KMS code has problems. Over time the expectation is that the KMS issues will get resolved (I think it's mostly a matter of remembering/reinventing old hardware-specific hacks and putting something similar for each into KMS), hopefully before the UMS code bitrots and stops being a useful fallback. This all applies mainly to older (ie already supported) hardware.
For new hardware support, nearly all of it is being implemented KMS-only anyways.
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Originally posted by Panix View PostI don't if this is a valid question and/or if it's a dumb question but if so, I will bow out gracefully and appreciate any corrections.
I was wondering if it needs KMS, what does that mean for situations in which kernel modesetting is disabled. That wouldn't be an (optimal) option anymore or?
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I don't if this is a valid question and/or if it's a dumb question but if so, I will bow out gracefully and appreciate any corrections.
I was wondering if it needs KMS, what does that mean for situations in which kernel modesetting is disabled. That wouldn't be an (optimal) option anymore or?
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Originally posted by DeepDayze View PostIf Wayland takes off, wonder if nVidia and AMD/ATI will consider providing support for Wayland in their proprietary display drivers?
So, once these are implemented in NVIDIA or AMD driver, Wayland should run without problem.
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Originally posted by DeepDayze View PostThe demo looks very interesting...does Wayland actually improve display performance vs the standard Xorg server?
If Wayland takes off, wonder if nVidia and AMD/ATI will consider providing support for Wayland in their proprietary display drivers?
What about having to recode applications that make calls to the server, if Wayland's API will be different than Xorg
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The demo looks very interesting...does Wayland actually improve display performance vs the standard Xorg server?
If Wayland takes off, wonder if nVidia and AMD/ATI will consider providing support for Wayland in their proprietary display drivers?
What about having to recode applications that make calls to the server, if Wayland's API will be different than Xorg
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