Supporting XvMC (and XvMCW)

[Bill Nottingham]

Philip Prindeville (philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com) said: 
> Apologies if this has already been discussed and I missed it... I've
> only been on the list a couple of months...  and a quick search of
> old messages didn't turn anything up.
> 
> Could the X driver installation process write out the contents of
> /etc/X11/XvMCConfig based on the driver module that has
> been selected for the xorg.conf file?
> 
> For instance, if you've selected the via drivers (in xorg 6.8.99.900
> and later, for instance), then /etc/X11/XvMCConfig should contain:
> 
> libviaXvMC.so
> 
> or:
> 
> libviaXvMCPro.so
> 
> If you're using the NVidia drivers (from NVidia, and not the GPL "nv"
> drivers instead) you'd have:
> 
> libXVMCNVIDIA.so
> 
> for instance.  Other cards might not offer support.  I believe the Savage
> cards do.
> 
> Does this sound feasible?

It sounds like dumb code. The driver already, from what you've posted,
knows what the name of the module it uses is. So why on earth does it
need a config file?

Bill