22 Jul
2005
22 Jul
'05
11:18 p.m.
Dimi Paun wrote:
Direct memory access can be done using X11 SHM, no?
But then you lose network transparency.
I'd think that apps directly accessing the surface memory are either games or do some other kind of realtime graphics so network transparency isn't worth anything there (since we'd have to transfer the whole DIB all the time anyway).
Felix