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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:36:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Bernhard Froehlich wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:21:31 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley"
> <scf@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
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