From: Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@orpatec.ch>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: framebuffer ioctl
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:58:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <413DDA94.F9F61839@orpatec.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9e4733910409070738a46cafb@mail.gmail.com
Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> That's what the numbers compare. I think he wants me to compare it to
> his new render implementation that uses the 3D hardware. But that's
> what I'm against. I don't want to see even more drivers trying to take
> control of the 3D hardware and causing even more conflicts.
> Implementing X on GL completely removes the need for expanding XAA to
> include using the 3D hardware. This pratice of ten different groups
> programming the video hardware however they want has got to stop or
> Linux is never going to be competitive with Mac/Longhorn.
>
What me concern here is there is a little too much talk about X.
Enhancing the framebuffer has nothing to do with X, it has to do with
providing a common set of functionality for _all_ the graphic libraries
however many there are and X is _just_ one of them.
Please correct me if I miss understood your intention.
O. Wyss
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-07 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-04 11:04 framebuffer ioctl (fwd) Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-09-04 21:44 ` Otto Wyss
2004-09-05 17:13 ` framebuffer ioctl Zack
2004-09-06 1:33 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-09-06 15:36 ` Otto Wyss
2004-09-06 21:21 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-09-06 21:58 ` Zack
2004-09-06 23:05 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-09-06 19:56 ` Zack
2004-09-06 21:02 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-06 21:11 ` [OT] " Otto Solares
2004-09-06 21:39 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 0:01 ` Otto Solares
2004-09-07 0:11 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-06 21:24 ` Michel Dänzer
2004-09-07 14:17 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 14:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-09-07 14:38 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 15:58 ` Otto Wyss [this message]
2004-09-07 14:45 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 15:52 ` Michel Dänzer
2004-09-08 5:43 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-08 13:59 ` Ville Syrjälä
2004-09-08 22:47 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-13 15:54 ` vga softboot code repository Richard Smith
2004-09-13 16:00 ` vga softboot code repository oops Richard Smith
2004-09-13 16:06 ` vga softboot code repository Jon Smirl
2004-09-06 18:43 ` framebuffer ioctl Otto Solares
2004-09-06 19:08 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-06 19:24 ` Otto Solares
2004-09-06 19:33 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 15:48 ` Otto Wyss
2004-09-07 16:01 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-07 18:09 ` Otto Solares
2004-09-06 19:33 ` Jon Smirl
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