From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265754AbUBBRL7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:11:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265756AbUBBRL7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:11:59 -0500 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:55557 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265754AbUBBRL5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:11:57 -0500 Message-ID: <401E85EA.7010209@techsource.com> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:16:26 -0500 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DaMouse Networks CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip References: <20040201145827.059332d3@EozVul.WORKGROUP> In-Reply-To: <20040201145827.059332d3@EozVul.WORKGROUP> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org DaMouse Networks wrote: >>A cheap cludge would be an optional second GPU on the card just to do >>the required VGA modes, with an analogue video pass-through. That >>would make the VGA cards more expensive than a single GPU which >>incorporated VGA, but add almost nothing in cost or complexity terms >>to the non-VGA cards. > > > I was thinking of suggesting something similar as I browsed the thread. I would think that having Linux instead of the BIOS would be good since you would only need a small cut-down Linux that has drivers for a VGA->FB interface or something similar. The SMP approach from XGI might work in this since Linux supports SMP very well and it could perform well with up to like 4+ GPUs? (thinking of the card size that might limit this you could have them stacked :) ) > > I think I'm gonna have to follow this thread closely :) So, do you all honestly think that adding cost to the board is going to make it sell?