From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otto Wyss Subject: Re: framebuffer ioctl Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:58:13 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <413DDA94.F9F61839@orpatec.ch> References: <413A3735.9E7D2F11@orpatec.ch> <413B4925.5000706@comcast.net> <200409060926.07163.adaplas@hotpop.com> <413CC0EA.8070709@comcast.net> <9e4733910409061402372095b1@mail.gmail.com> <1094505860.31465.211.camel@admin.tel.thor.asgaard.local> <9e47339104090707172cdc258d@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910409070738a46cafb@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C4iMU-0000tB-VH for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:58:26 -0700 Received: from mail.xor.ch ([212.55.210.163]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C4iMR-00040F-Tj for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:58:25 -0700 Received: from orpatec.ch (217.162.130.125) by mail.xor.ch with MERCUR Mailserver (v4.03.03 NjYtMjMxMS00NjIy) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:03:25 +0200 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" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 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 -- See a huge pile of work at "http://wyodesktop.sourceforge.net/" ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click