Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Feb 1999 10:05:14 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux Graphics Architecture (format fixed) |
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On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > o Linux standardizes on a graphics device driver interfaceA > > o The driver interface, /dev/kgi, be based on the existing KGI drivers > > Oh look flame bait. > > The people who are doing the serious 3D work are using 1993 SGI technology. > Its called Direct Render, its fast, its effective and it needs close to > no kernel support. Oh and its as fast in an X window as full screen. > > Read Mark Kilgards paper on it aat SGI > > Alan > Ah yes! This comes up once every six months. We need to make a 'screen' which has, incidentally, a trivial kernel attached <grin>!
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