[maemo-developers] Maemo 5 and hw accelerated X.Org?

From: Kuba Irzabek vega01 at wp.pl
Date: Tue Feb 9 08:55:32 EET 2010
W dniu 08-12-15 12:40, Quim Gil pisze:
> Hi Tuomas,
>
> ext Tuomas Kulve wrote:
>> I was also interested to see if Nokia has accelerated the X.Org
>> server with the PowerVR hardware but unfortunately I didn't find the
>> X.Org server sources (nor a video driver) in the release. I understand
>> that X server isn't needed for the SDK but neither would be the kernel.
>>
>> Any plans on releasing the X.Org sources (or actually the video driver)?
>> It would be interesting to test Maemo stuff with accelerated X server on
>> existing OMAP3 hardware, like the Beagle Board.
>
> All this is still in development. The plan is to publish the open
> components with the beta SDK.
>
> Some of the acceleration graphics code go under components maintained by
> Maemo SW in the Kernel and Xorg. We plan to open those.
>
> Many others are directly tied to PowerVR and they come as binaries only.
> Decisions on their licensing depend on Imagination, who owns the technology.
>
> By the way, it is also our interest that the community can put their
> hands on Maemo 5 using OMAP3 hardware available. Ideas and help are welcome.
>

Is xserver in Maemo 5 (Nokia N900 OMAP 3) using hardware acceleration 
(SGX)? I cannot find confirmation on that anywhere. I found inforamtion 
that accelerated user interface on omap 3 can be done using qt embedded 
or clutter and not xserver. Where can I find more on that topic?
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