Add instructions on enabling exa

[cworth.org] / src / tag / exa.mdwn

diff --git a/src/tag/exa.mdwn b/src/tag/exa.mdwn
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--- a/src/tag/exa.mdwn
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 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