From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Cooksey Subject: Re: Userspace blit API Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:03:14 +0100 Message-ID: <200812041203.14163.thomas.cooksey@nokia.com> References: <200812040927.24861.thomas.cooksey@nokia.com> <200812041141.40350.thomas.cooksey@nokia.com> <6A0EB0A5-7DFD-413A-B82B-FBD480541E87@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sfi-mx-4.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.124] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 335xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L8Bu4-0003ms-16 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:57:52 +0000 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233] helo=mgw-mx06.nokia.com) by 1b2kzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1L8Bu0-00058m-1L for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:57:52 +0000 Received: from esebh106.NOE.Nokia.com (esebh106.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.138.213]) by mgw-mx06.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.6/Switch-3.2.6) with ESMTP id mB4AvXbG018642 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:57:43 +0200 Received: from tomdev.localnet (olwst906.europe.nokia.com [172.24.90.6]) by mgw-int01.ntc.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.5/Switch-3.2.5) with ESMTP id mB4AvNHP007018 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:57:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6A0EB0A5-7DFD-413A-B82B-FBD480541E87@pobox.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Thursday 04 December 2008 11:43:55 ext Torgeir Veimo wrote: > On 4 Dec 2008, at 20:41, Tom Cooksey wrote: > >> Things like current directfb accel won't work with these fbdev > >> drivers, mapping card regs into userspace won't be allowed. > > So directfb would need to use the dri api in order to work with those > fbdev drivers? No, I think DirectFB can just work on the fbdev interface they provide - it would just have to drop to software fall-backs for everything. However if libdrm provided a blit API, it would also be able to use it (maybe X could too, not to mention Wayland). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/