VirtualBox 2D acceleration

[Bernhard Froehlich]

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:27:19 +0000, Bernhard Froehlich
<decke at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:36:01 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley"
> <scf at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Bernhard Froehlich wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:21:31 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley"
>>> <scf at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>>> Here is a patch that adds 2D acceleration.  I am not sure if the
>>>> VirtualBox_LIBS.freebsd line is needed or not, but it does not cause
>>>> any apparent regressions.  I tested this with the Nvidia driver, and
>>>> it shows improvement within the VM.  I do not know how other drivers
>>>> will work.  EXA may be required over XAA.
>>>>
>>>> If the patch does not make it through the mailing list filter, it can
>>>> also be found here:
>>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~scf/virtualbox-2daccel.patch
>>>
>>> Thanks for the patch! It seems to build fine so I committed it to our
>>> testing repository [1] and will do some testing with Intel onboard
>>> graphics before committing it to the tree.
>>
>> You are welcome.
>>
>>> Could you please reply if you agree that your patch is under the MIT
>>> License [2] so that we can send it upstream?
>>
>> I thought it too small of a patch to qualify for a license, however, to
>> make it easier:
>>      The patch[1] is available under the MIT license.
>>
>> Sean
>>    1. http://people.freebsd.org/~scf/virtualbox-2daccel.patch
> 
> Thanks! I've already submitted the patch upstream and committed it to
> the tree a few minutes ago.

Patch has been committed upstream.

http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/32833

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Bernhard Froehlich
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