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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2014-09-21 13:43:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2014-09-21 13:43:54 +0200 |
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| parent | confidentiality leads to implementation problems for other basic features (diff) | |
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short descriptions of the architectures and lists of implementations
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index 8bb62dd..f5e2c73 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -5079,12 +5079,30 @@ Right @kbd{super} key @chapter Discussion This chapter aims to enumerate advantages and -disavantages with micro-display servers and -traditional monolithic display servers. Please -chime in with any insight. +disavantages with micro-display servers, +traditional monolithic display servers and +other possible designs. Please chime in with +any insight. +@menu +* The Microserver Architecture:: The Microserver Architecture. +* The Monolithic Server Architecture:: The Monolithic Server Architecture. +@end menu + + + +@node The Microserver Architecture +@section The Microserver Architecture + +Description: The display server is implement with +multiple binaries that speak with each other using +a well defined protocol. -@b{Advantages of the microserver architecture:} +@noindent +Implementations: mds. + +@noindent +Advantages: @itemize @bullet{} @item @@ -5136,7 +5154,18 @@ part of the display server where it is required. @end itemize -@b{Advantages of the monolithic server architecture:} + +@node The Monolithic Server Architecture +@section The Monolithic Server Architecture + +Description: The display server is implemented +as one binary. + +@noindent +Implementations: X11, Mir, Wayland. + +@noindent +Advantages: @itemize @bullet{} @item |