From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Souchu Subject: Re: Redesign of kernel graphics interface Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:57:11 +0000 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040511225711.A7384@armor.freesurf.fr> References: <20040510182940.14049.qmail@web14924.mail.yahoo.com> <20040510223950.B2268@armor.freesurf.fr> <20040510204742.GA12863@guug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BNe7P-0007qi-0v for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 11 May 2004 13:44:51 -0700 Received: from fidel.freesurf.fr ([212.43.206.16]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BNe7O-0005wn-My for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 11 May 2004 13:44:50 -0700 Received: from smtp.freesurf.fr (62-240-249-21.adsl.freesurf.fr [62.240.249.21]) by fidel.freesurf.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 136D32A5F6D for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 22:44:41 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040510204742.GA12863@guug.org>; from solca@guug.org on Mon, May 10, 2004 at 02:47:42PM -0600 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Otto Solares Cc: Jon Smirl , James Simmons , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , fb-devel On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 02:47:42PM -0600, Otto Solares wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:39:50PM +0000, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > > Do apps manage their swap? No. I think the OS should be responsible for > > placing the data (vertices, textures, commands) at the right/best place > > for the HW 3D engine and the client should only fill virtual memory. > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/kgi4BSD > > Browsing through kgi.sf.net I found that they have proper multihead > and DDC2 support. True. > They just lack DRI integrated into KGI and it will > rock from my user perspective. It's not DRI but GGI+KGI accel resource management. Mesa can work with GGI backend (the code has to be refreshed though). > Is true that the BSDs are adopting KGI as their unified kernel > graphics layer? It's a project, yes. -- Nicholas Souchu - nsouch@free.fr - nsouch@FreeBSD.org http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/kgi4BSD ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3