The State of Kernel Mode-Setting

news · October 1, 2008

At Phoronix we have posted a new article. A link to this from your

site's news section would be greatly appreciated.

Title: The State of Kernel Mode-Setting ( -at -) Phoronix

Summary: "Earlier this year Fedora 9 was the first distribution

providing kernel-based mode-setting (or KMS for short). At the time

there was only a kernel mode-setting driver for Intel hardware and it

ended up being disabled by default. We had provided a preview of

kernel-based mode-setting that showed how the system display looked when

it came to the flicker-free boot experience, fast and clean VT

switching, and the technical advantages this method provides over the

graphics mode-setting within an X.Org DDX driver. With months having

passed since our first article and Red Hat engineers working

aggressively on KMS improvements for Fedora 10, we are providing another

look at this technology and some of the recent advancements."

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