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[Ivo Nunes <netherblood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, it involves hacking mesa.

I guess it's better not to use it then.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Сергей Давыдов <shnatsel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2012/5/24 Ivo Nunes <netherblood@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> So, I've got LLVM pipe running on an ISO I built with Congrego.
>>
>> It has got a few problems, but I think I may be able to fix those.
>> It's flickering a bit in VirtualBox and Compiz is crashing sometimes.
>>
>> If we are indeed dropping 2D support, this can be very useful :)
>>
>> Should I go ahead and work on it to make it stable, or do you think it
>> isn't worth the time I'd be spending?
>
>
> Wow! Doesn't using llvmpipe involve hacking mesa and/or kernel? I'd prefer
> to keep those things intact, for the sake of people who do have GPUs being
> able to use Luna.
>
> On the other hand, I'm already tempted to backport an Intel X.org driver
> release to Luna because of all the goddamn EXA corruption on i915...
>
> Anyway, I'm afraid Compiz 0.9 on ANY software renderer is not feasible
> anyway, so try it with Mutter... and messing with Mutter & co is best done
> after you've fixed all Luna-critical bugs which have anything to do with
> you.
>
> --
> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff