tiny X

[ken@nlc.net.au]

Might be of use to those of you trying to cram X onto low memory machines 

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8925620279.html

   Tiny-X, a small footprint X Window server implementation for
   embedded systems, is now available as part of XFree86 4.0. It was
   developed by Keith Packard of the XFree86 Core Team,
   sponsored by SuSE, Inc. The goal was to create something that
   would work well in a small memory footprint and, importantly, be
   robust in near out-of-memory situations. Typical X servers based
   on Tiny-X can fit in less than 1MB on x86 CPUs.

   Currently, there is no mechanism provided for loading alternative
   video drivers. So, just as in the "bad old days" of XF 3.3, you build
   an X server specific to your video chip and run that. Tiny-X uses
   new frame buffer code which is quite a bit smaller than the old
   cfb/mfb combo which runs 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bpp in the same
   code. The Tiny-X DDX also handles an out-of-memory
   condition without failure.

   The code for Tiny-X is shipped with XFree86 4.0 and lives in
   programs/Xserver/hw/kdrive. The ftp site for XFree86 4.0 is
   located here.

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