Impending X driver deprecation

[Warren Togami]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:16:03 -0500
> Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Please reconsider s3?
>>
>> It is used by several of the thin client models selling today, and 
>> Intel's "Affordable PC" reference platform that is being sold in
>> large numbers in the developing world (e.g. China) by companies like
>> Dell.
> 
> Why do you need a specific driver for these instead of Vesa?

I was under the impression that performance is much more usable with s3 
than vesa, especially on very slow machines like these.  I will not be 
able to test it until I get back from Raleigh late next week.

(*WHY* does Intel's APC have such a crappy non-Intel video card?)

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com