Intel SNA vs. UXA On Ivy Bridge
Cairo does particularly very well with SNA.
Very nice job to Chris Wilson for all of the SNA advancements he has made since introducing this experimental acceleration architecture one year ago. With the latest release it is as easy to use as setting the "AccelMethod" to "SNA" within the "xorg.conf" file. With the recent SNA code, I have not seen any major regressions and overall it provides a much better Linux desktop user experience for Intel graphics.
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