nanogui: Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server
Subject:
Re: Tiny-X: an embeddable X Window server
From:
Jun Sun ####@####.####
Date:
22 May 2000 16:51:25 -0000
Message-Id: <3929655C.578ACBB1@mvista.com>
Romain Vignes wrote:
>
> 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
> ####@####.####
I was looking into this, but could not figure out how to configure X to
be tiny-X. Has anybody tried this? Or does anybody know if there is a
HOW-TO?
Jun
