nanogui: Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server
Subject:
Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server
From:
Romain Vignes ####@####.####
Date:
22 May 2000 08:22:19 -0000
Message-Id: <3928EE33.10113F18@eprocess.fr>
Taken from LinuxDevices.com :
May 20, 2000
Tiny-X, a small footprint X Window server implementation for
embedded systems, is now available as part of
XFree86 4.0. It was developed by Keith Packard of the XFree86 Core
Team, sponsored by SuSE, Inc. The goal
was to create something that would work well in a small memory
footprint and, importantly, be robust in
near out-of-memory situations. Typical X servers based on Tiny-X
can fit in less than 1MB on x86 CPUs.
Currently, there is no mechanism provided for loading alternative
video drivers. So, just as in the "bad
old days" of XF 3.3, you build an X server specific to your video
chip and run that. Tiny-X uses new frame
buffer code which is quite a bit smaller than the old cfb/mfb combo
which runs 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bpp
in the same code. The Tiny-X DDX also handles an out-of-memory
condition without failure.
The code for Tiny-X is shipped with XFree86 4.0 and lives in
programs/Xserver/hw/kdrive. The ftp site for
XFree86 4.0 is located here.
Any comments ?
--
Romain Vignes
eProcess - embedded solutions
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