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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:32:22 -0500
From: Rusty Nejdl <rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com>
To: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration
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 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
>
> Sean

 I've been testing this since you sent it out on 64bit FreeBSD and have 
 seen no issues whatsoever.  Not sure about how much speed up though but 
 no stability issues.

 Sincerely,
 Rusty Nejdl