[ubuntu-x] i8xx, again!

[Christopher James Halse Rogers]

On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 01:25 -0400, Greg wrote:
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> From my (admittedly limited) understanding of vesa, it provides only a
> limited set of features.  I'm not sure what the differences are
> between this and the intel drivers.  Anyone know?
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VESA provides basic modesetting, that's all.  The intel drivers provide
all the features you expect - proper modesetting, multiple-monitor
support, 3D, 2D acceleration, Xv video acceleration, etc.

The fbdev drivers provide even less; they don't do modesetting.

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