Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!bionet!arisia!roo!janssen From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: WANTED: Faster X server for Sun4 w/GX Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 03:07:15 GMT References: <1990Sep26.193716.17671@tandem.com> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 16 In-reply-to: rapatel@pilot.njin.net's message of 30 Sep 90 03:20:13 GMT In article rapatel@pilot.njin.net ( Rakesh Patel) writes: Unfortunately R4 does not support the GX. Until Sun will adapt Xsun to there hardware (hopefully!) I use following little 'quick and dirty' patch. It accelerates only simple bitblock moves within the Dirty is the word. Putting pixrect calls in the cfb code? Does this wreak havoc on other kinds of machines or displays? And what happens when the thing you're drawing on is not /dev/fb? Though I'm sure your intentions are pure, I wish people wouldn't post this kind of garbage. Bill -- Bill Janssen janssen@parc.xerox.com (415) 494-4763 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304