Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 2 Jun 1996 19:53:43 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> ... > > > Maybe this is silly and there exist services that do exactly this, in > > userspace, in a safe way, and as fast as a kernel trap. Sorry if so, but i > > think many people dont see the way out [the GGI people for example]. > > You can just use another selector/segment instead of the default datasegment > just as WINE does? Ok, will only work on i386 and friends. ... > (See modify_ldt system call.)
Which is no good. Linux should be as cross-platform as possible, right? Then we need a uniform graphics API.
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