From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerald Fitzjerald Subject: Re: Plans for 2D acceleration Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:29:52 -0700 Message-ID: <46FA6CE0.8050004@freemail.gr> References: <46FA4579.6040905@freemail.gr> <1190807127.27064.2.camel@tveimo-laptop> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IaXt9-0004bH-7v for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:29:19 -0700 Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr ([195.170.0.94] ident=OTEnet-mail-system) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1IaXt7-0000nI-EG for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:29:19 -0700 Received: from [85.75.213.93] (athedsl-171455.home.otenet.gr [85.75.213.93]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id l8QETEeC021812 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:29:14 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1190807127.27064.2.camel@tveimo-laptop> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Torgeir Veimo wrote: >On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 04:41 -0700, Jerald Fitzjerald wrote: > > >>Is there a reason we _don't_ want these exposed to userland or >>just nobody has taken the time to do it? >> >> > >You can do all of these using DirectFB. Is that not an option for you? > > > Well, the code is already in the kernel for various cards as far as I can tell. It's just a matter of exposing the functionality through some ioctl. Won't even DirectFB benefit from that? (not to mention it'll be able to use the features without iopl) jf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/