[ubuntu-x] Kernel-Based Mode-Setting

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 04:58:25PM +0300, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Iain Gatt wrote:
> > Phoronix has an article on kernel-based mode-setting:-
> >
> > http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=12240
> >
> > There is a preview of the technology in Fedora 9. Among the features being introduced: improved suspend/resume, faster VT switching/booting and graphical kernel error messages (Linux BSOD)
> >
> > The article contains youtube links and there are comments in the Phoronix forum.
> 
> Yep, a well known and desired feature :) Hopefully we'll get some of this 
> goodness for Intrepid.

This is being released for the -intel driver only so far, and afaik
neither the kernel nor driver work has been taken upstream, so there's
probably much more stabilization work needed before it is ready for
general consumption.