VirtualBox 2D acceleration

[Bernhard Froehlich]

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.

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Bernhard Froehlich
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