Re: Fram Buffer support

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:18:25 +0100 (BST)

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> It also occured to me if we move 2D and 3D support into a generic interface
> in conjunction with the frame buffer we would only ever need one X server
> that would be fully integrated with one OpenGl app. There could
> also be software 2D and 3D support for those CPU with not enough
> power.
>
> Who do I need to talk to this about? Is the frame buffer heading in
> this direction?

It is heading in exactly the opposite direction. Clever board specific stuff
for acceleration can mostly live in the Xserver. XFree is heading towards
a single server with loadable driver objects.

Alan

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