Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: [Feature Wish] GGI in Linux 2.3 | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:37:06 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Graphics Interface, which is much more stable and robust than the previous > version. My personal opinion is that plans should be made to incorporate > GGI in Linux 2.3. It's about time that we get fast graphics in Linux
I had a good look at the current GGI and it has several problems to say the least.
o Its console emulation isnt Linux but a sort of pseudo xterminal o It appears to have no provision for non byte wide fonts o It breaks all the existing low level mouse/keyboard interfaces and replaces them with its own which has policy in kernel space
Having said that if combined with the current fbcon code it does give you support for reliable SVGA mode switching and kernel side acceleration where useful (eg DMA driven video blits from main memory) and there is useful stuff that can be salvaged from it.
The nicest looking bits are actually the userspace support libraries which show some promise.
Alan
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