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Re: White Border when running uvbe51



>>>>> "Mat" == Mat Hostetter <mat@ardi.com> writes:

    Mat> You get a black border without a VBE 2.0 video driver because
    Mat> Executor actually flips the pixel values when sending them to
    Mat> the SVGA screen!  This imposes a small performance penalty,
    Mat> but is more visually pleasing.

I should clarify: there are technical and performance reasons why we
have not yet implemented this trick for VBE 2 drivers.  The exact
reason is complicated, but basically with a VBE 2 driver our blitter
now draws directly to the SVGA board, without a separate "internal
screen", and it is somewhat difficult to make it flip all pixel values
everywhere.  It would also be slower if it did.

Maybe in 1.99o we'll have an option "annoying border color or slightly
slower graphics".

-Mat


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