X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=cworth.org;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Ftalks.mdwn;h=d0d3bf280a6fc57167ed6f3c973b9f5bdef86100;hp=a4779febee2d69145c1ed14c798a188697801091;hb=b96048fb57858c3c9323e20e86ce6a36a69fef73;hpb=07dfb1a6de254cbad30524dccbf73c8dd48eeae4 diff --git a/src/talks.mdwn b/src/talks.mdwn index a4779fe..d0d3bf2 100644 --- a/src/talks.mdwn +++ b/src/talks.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,18 @@ [[meta title="Talks presented by Carl Worth"]] +# [From click to pixel: A tour of the Linux graphics stack](lca_2009) + +The Linux graphics stack can be a bewildering thing. What do all those +names actually mean (cairo? Mesa? Glucose? UXA? GEM?). How can an +application designer hope to debug a graphics performance problem? +This talk provides a simple overview of the 2D and 3D graphics stacks +for Linux with clear diagrams, and several recipes for debugging +graphics performance problems at several layers. We conclude with an +overview of where things are going in the short-term future. + +Presented at [linux.conf.au 2009](http://linux.conf.au) in Hobart, +Tasmania, Australia on 2009-01-21. + # [X Acceleration that Finally Works](lca_2008) Meaningful hardware acceleration within the X Window System is