Re: radeon-pre-2

Vladimir Dergachev
2004-09-13T15:29:39Z

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Llu, 2004-09-13 at 15:52, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
>> However, if we want the switch from X to framebuffer to be as fast as
>> switching between different text consoles (assuming they have the same
>> resolution) and if we want to be able to run different Xservers on
>> different consoles or Xserver+framebuffer combinations Jon's proposal
>> wins.
>
> It depends how the various components fit together. Clearly for Radeon
> you want everyone using the DMA command path when DRI is loaded. That
> doesn't require "one driver".
>

Alan, do I understand right that you are proposing to have two pieces of
code in the framebuffer - one that can program the card in the absence of
DRM driver and one that uses CP when it is present ?

best

Vladimir Dergachev