From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 22:18:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEFD1065693 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:18:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DBB8FC12 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:18:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk8 with SMTP id 8so529705gxk.13 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.86.4 with SMTP id j4mr2654973anb.230.1285798694654; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from papi.localnet ([189.70.198.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c7sm10883759ana.18.2010.09.29.15.18.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:18:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:16:37 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: <9b2994ac03546972fd1c0d1a4ae64dfa@ringofsaturn.com> In-Reply-To: <9b2994ac03546972fd1c0d1a4ae64dfa@ringofsaturn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009291916.37723.lobo@bsd.com.br> Subject: Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:18:15 -0000 On Wednesday 29 September 2010 19:09:03 Rusty Nejdl wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:27:24 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley" > > wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Rusty Nejdl wrote: > >> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:21:31 -0500 (CDT), "Sean C. Farley" > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> 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. > > > > That is good to hear. > > > > Sean > > Just found the enable 2d acceleration checkbox. I only works for > Windows clients that you have installed the 2d acceleration drivers. > Using it for Diablo II has a noticeable improvement. No mouse > stuttering that I have seen since then. > > Sincerely, > Rusty Nejdl Hi Rusty ! Good to "hear" you. When you 2d accel drivers, do you mean the guest additions video driver? Thanks Sean! simple but great patch ! -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winfoes FREE)