The State Of The VKMS Driver, Preparations For vBlank & Page Flip Events

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The State Of The VKMS Driver, Preparations For vBlank & Page Flip Events

16 July 2018, 11:10 AM

Phoronix: The State Of The VKMS Driver, Preparations For vBlank & Page Flip Events

One of the exciting additions to look forward to with the upcoming Linux 4.19 kernel cycle is the virtual "VKMS" kernel mode-setting driver. The driver is still a work-in-progress, but multiple developers are working on it...

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16 July 2018, 11:29 AM

could this be used for a new version of the in-kernel bootsplash?
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16 July 2018, 11:30 AM

Seems like VKMS is progressing well! Great :-)
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