Re: fbdev hardware cursor support

["Michel Dänzer" <michel@daenzer.net>]

On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 11:08 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 5/25/05, Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net> wrote:
> > > Software generated will be supported sooner or later but the code is
> > > not written yet.
> > 
> > These claims of yours have been refuted on the dri-egl list. Why are you
> > repeating them here?
> 
> I'm writing the Xegl server and I can tell you for sure that I haven't
> written the software cursor support yet. How can you know the status
> of the Xgl code when I haven't checked it into CVS yet?

David Reveman pointed out that Xglx has working software cursor code. I
can't see that caring about whether glitz uses a GLX or EGL backend.

> Personally I'd prefer to start with the hardware one which I know will
> work. Drawing in Xgl is not stable and there is a good chance a
> software generated cursor isn't going to work half of the time until
> the code is fixed.

And for the hardware cursor, you only need to:

      * enable/implement/improve (does what is disabled right now even
        remotely fit the needs of an X server? I didn't think so) the
        fbdev hardware cursor support
      * design and implement an EGL extension for it
      * add support for that to glitz
      * add support for that to Xegl

Indeed, that seems much easier and less prone to problems...


PS: Please don't add random e-mail addresses to the CC: list.

-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
Libre software enthusiast    |   http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer



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