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authorBrian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>2014-01-07 10:50:21 -0700
committerBrian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>2014-01-09 11:35:50 -0700
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parentd046fd731ab192dceee0916323dd718b78df5976 (diff)
docs: minor updates to VMware SVGA3D driver page
Signed-off-by: Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>
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@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ MacOS are all supported.
</p>
<p>
-End users shouldn't have to go through all these steps once the driver is
-included in newer Linux distributions.
-Fedora 18 and Ubuntu 12.10 include the VMware guest GL driver, for example.
+Most modern Linux distros include the SVGA3D driver so end users shouldn't
+be concerned with this information.
+But if your distro lacks the driver or you want to update to the latest code
+these instructions explain what to do.
</p>
<p>
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ The components involved in this include:
<li>Mesa/gallium OpenGL driver: "svga"
</ul>
+<p>
+All of these components reside in the guest Linux virtual machine.
+On the host, all you're doing is running VMware
+<a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/">Workstation</a> or
+<a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/">Fusion</a>.
+</p>
+
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>