From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Souchu Subject: Re: Re: Current discussion about the future of free software graphics Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:45:50 +0000 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040512224550.B12370@armor.freesurf.fr> References: <40A13BA0.609@us.ibm.com> <20040512033045.16034.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com> 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 1BO0Ps-0002w7-Q3 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 12 May 2004 13:33:24 -0700 Received: from fidel.freesurf.fr ([212.43.206.16]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BO0Ps-0004Nm-F5 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 12 May 2004 13:33:24 -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 C8C942A6AA7 for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 22:33:17 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040512033045.16034.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com>; from jonsmirl@yahoo.com on Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:30:45PM -0700 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: Jon Smirl Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:30:45PM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote: [...] > So moving mode setting to user space is not the end of the world. Everything > will still work. This is more like a monolithic vs microkernel type of decision. Which is why Linux is a monolithic kernel, it's by design. The net is plenty of linus' threads about this. -- 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