From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751446AbVH3QDO (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:03:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751450AbVH3QDO (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:03:14 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.204]:10297 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751446AbVH3QDN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:03:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=fb4mZgfGGiX5XlFA2UjQw+FWWGb81izyeVQDux9hCiVX23i6KZGt+/NJGdC8c1Pl3ZD8LRMpfV9GVcxPNSh/c/97zZca8hKaBom2ZPKwW3Ivz78rmRaGiCnjb2xRoSL2zXEzmOJjn5fl8DqK1XP7jaYjB6WIDN+LjUw3FkCQYPo= Message-ID: <9e47339105083009037c24f6de@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:03:09 -0400 From: Jon Smirl To: lkml , Xserver development Subject: State of Linux graphics Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I've written an article that surveys the current State of Linux graphics and proposes a possible path forward. This is a long article containing a lot of detailed technical information as a guide to future developers. Skip over the detailed parts if they aren't relevant to your area of work. http://www.freedesktop.org/~jonsmirl/graphics.html Topics include the current X server, framebuffer, Xgl, graphics drivers, multiuser support, using the GPU, and a new server design. Hopefully it will help you fill in the pieces and build an overall picture of the graphics landscape. The article has been reviewed but if it still contains technical errors please let me know. Opinions on the content are also appreciated. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com