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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:27:24 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Rusty Nejdl <rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009291626380.30543@thor.farley.org>
In-Reply-To: <82fb3219fb9054da8219eed3f306d1dd@ringofsaturn.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009252014010.37904@thor.farley.org> <82fb3219fb9054da8219eed3f306d1dd@ringofsaturn.com>

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On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Rusty Nejdl wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:21:31 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley" <scf@freebsd.org> 
> wrote:
>> Here is a patch that adds 2D acceleration.  I am not sure if the 
>> VirtualBox_LIBS.freebsd line is needed or not, but it does not cause 
>> any apparent regressions.  I tested this with the Nvidia driver, and 
>> it shows improvement within the VM.  I do not know how other drivers 
>> will work.  EXA may be required over XAA.
>> 
>> If the patch does not make it through the mailing list filter, it can 
>> also be found here:
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~scf/virtualbox-2daccel.patch
>
> I've been testing this since you sent it out on 64bit FreeBSD and have 
> seen no issues whatsoever.  Not sure about how much speed up though 
> but no stability issues.

That is good to hear.

Sean
-- 
scf@FreeBSD.org



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