Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux

Jes Degn Soerensen (jds@kom.auc.dk)
28 Mar 1998 13:33:26 +0100


>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@rainbow.studorg.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

Andreas> On 28 Mar 1998, Jes Degn Soerensen wrote:
>> There is nothing the prevents you from pipelining the blit
>> operations in user space as well and/or start doing other things
>> while `waiting' for a blit operation to finish.

Andreas> There is. I still have to poll. (Or do you want to
Andreas> demonstrate a userlevel IRQ handler? *g*)

I didn't say you don't have to poll, but if you arrange your code in a
sensible manner you will not issue the blit operation and then start
polling right after that if there are other pending operations.

Jes

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