X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Ftag%2Fexa.mdwn;h=8d1252807eec97b15e074e62e8789edf5c11ead7;hb=5c014fe14d7a114dc525711d3236feb10f27177f;hp=23a07a7ac5aa5b099c5d3073e1297df16a8b3db0;hpb=f70d643df5cb125a8e3868553f8be92e327aa98f;p=cworth.org diff --git a/src/tag/exa.mdwn b/src/tag/exa.mdwn index 23a07a7..8d12528 100644 --- a/src/tag/exa.mdwn +++ b/src/tag/exa.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ +[[!meta title="EXA"]] + EXA is a modern acceleration architecture for the X server. It originally began its life as the acceleration mechanism in Keith -Packard's "kdrive" X servers, but was ported to Xorg by Zack Rusin. +Packard's "kdrive" X servers, but was ported to Xorg by Zack +Rusin. EXA can be selected as the acceleration mechanism to be used by +the X server with the following directive in the xorg.conf file: + + # In the Device section, (might work elsewhere as well) + Option "AccelMethod" "exa" EXA is interesting to me since it provides the X device driver with the opportunity to accelerate Render extension requests, (which @@ -18,4 +25,4 @@ when I see "EXA"---maybe that's because I associate EXA with its predecessor, XAA, (which doesn't afford a word-like pronunciation). See also: Xorg pronounced as "zorg". -[[inline pages="link(tag/exa)" show=10]] +[[!inline pages="link(tag/exa)" show=10]]