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freedreno wiki update 26 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
I've spent the morning cleaning up and adding some useful information to the freedreno wiki (such as a3xx shader isa, how tiling works on adreno, and how to use the various tools). So if you want to ...
i915 command submission via gem_exec_nop 25 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
Disclaimer: Everything documented below is included in the Intel public documentation. Anything I say which offends you are my own words and not those of Intel. Sadly, anything I say that is of moneta...
Sane Session-Switching 25 Aug 2013 | 04:19 am
In a previous article I talked about the history of VT switching. Created as a simple way to switch between text-mode sessions it has grown into a fragile API to protect one testosterone monster (also...
How VT-switching works 25 Aug 2013 | 02:12 am
Having multiple sessions on your system in parallel is a quite handy feature. It allows things like Fast User Switching or running two different DEs at the same time. Especially graphics developers li...
Session-Management on Linux 25 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
One thing I always admired on linux is fast session-switching. A simple key-press (ctrl+alt+Fx) and I can ditch my current session to switch to another one. While in principle session-interaction is f...
Update dri-log Android app 24 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
I'd like to announce an update for the dri-log Android app users, the mobile version the DRI IRC log. The app recently gained with a complete redesigned UI and now is in a really good state for everyd...
i915 Hardware Contexts (and some bits about batchbuffers) 21 Aug 2013 | 10:31 am
Disclaimer First and foremost: Everything documented below is included in the Intel public documentation. Anything I say which offends you are my own words and not those of Intel. (Anything I say whi...
GNOME's official GitHub mirror 15 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
GNOME has just launched its official GitHub mirror! This is an idea that has been in the back of my head for quite a while, my motivation started after I found out that someone fixed my webp pixbuf l...
Performance tuning for GEN 14 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Three weeks ago today (that's how far behind I am!), I gave one of Intel's "Sponsored Technical Sessions" at SIGGRAPH. Last year I presented one slide in the OpenGL ES BoF. This year I present in my c...
Evolution Hackfest 2013: It's a wrap! 13 Aug 2013 | 02:04 pm
GUADEC 2013 is over and it was a blast, kudos to the organizers and the whole community for making it a great success. As I announced previously an Evolution Hackfest took place on the 5th and it was...
