EXA(7) Standards, Environments, and Macros EXA(7)

NAME

exa - new 2D acceleration architecture for X.Org

DESCRIPTION

EXA provides a simple API for video drivers to implement for 2D
acceleration. It is a module loaded by drivers, and is not intended
to be loaded on its own. See your driver's manual page for how to
enable EXA.

The EXA architecture is designed to make accelerating the Render
extension simple and efficient, and results in various performance
tradeoffs compared to XAA. Some xorg.conf options are available for
debugging performance issues or driver rendering problems. They are
not intended for general use.

Option "EXANoComposite" "boolean"
Disables acceleration of the Composite operation, which is at
the heart of the Render extension. Not related to the
Composite extension. Default: No.

Option "EXANoUploadToScreen" "boolean"
Disables acceleration of uploading pixmap data to the
framebuffer. Default: No.

Option "EXANoDownloadFromScreen" "boolean"
Disables acceleration of downloading of pixmap data from the
framebuffer. NOTE: Not usable with drivers which rely on
DownloadFromScreen succeeding. Default: No.

Option "MigrationHeuristic" "anystr"
Chooses an alternate pixmap migration heuristic, for debugging
purposes. The default is intended to be the best performing
one for general use, though others may help with specific use
cases. Available options include "always", "greedy", and
"smart". Default: always.

SEE ALSO

Xorg(1), xorg.conf(4).

AUTHORS

Authors include: Keith Packard, Eric Anholt, Zack Rusin, and Michel
D"anzer

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