From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Intel X4500 Integrated Graphics support
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:52:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81d4b334e6696b92d0929ab6c8ac377e@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <515067795caab1add165fff56fc8b2e3@sounine.hetero>
On Tue Dec 20 02:41:29 EST 2011, akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net wrote:
> My Thinkpad X200s has an Intel X4500 card,
> but vga(3) defaults to using vesa. Has anyone
> added any support for this card lately? Or is
> there any other vga `type' that can be set in
> /dev/vgactl, which would offer better
> performance than vesa, for this card?
i think most people are using vesa. unfortunately
that limits one to 4:3 graphics modes.
which kernel are you using? if you get write-combining
going through pat or mtrr, and use double buffering,
things should be pretty good on most hardware.
(true of the kernels you could download today.)
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-20 13:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-20 7:40 Akshat Kumar
2011-12-20 13:52 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2011-12-20 14:47 ` Stanley Lieber
2011-12-25 16:09 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
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2011-12-20 15:03 ` erik quanstrom
2011-12-20 15:32 ` Stanley Lieber
2011-12-21 4:56 ` Akshat Kumar
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2011-12-21 5:01 ` erik quanstrom
[not found] ` <CABwSpPDZSpu583fzW=TgpCGw9xQ5hVuX5DTpNjfEzKS3TnTa1A@mail.gmail.c>
[not found] ` <cc5ef0c6b767d54f21b7a4f7e565a933@brasstown.quanstro.net>
2011-12-23 4:27 ` Akshat Kumar
2011-12-30 16:32 ` erik quanstrom
2012-01-21 22:55 ` Akshat Kumar
[not found] ` <CABwSpPDM+q2+zoo_ORqRfJ8RbTNhOkiTcPw83E1u3DtoXm-PWQ@mail.gmail.c>
2012-01-23 15:48 ` erik quanstrom
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