Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:12:16 -0600 | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdv/fbcon pending problems | From | Otto Solares <> |
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 07:45:47PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > > Exactly, that's the whole point, if you want userland accel you must disable > > kernel land accel. That's was my question against acceleration work inside > > the kernel. Nobody use it in userland and is the stability devil in fbdev. > > If you want acceleration in userland there is mesa-solo or directfb or console-sdl. > > > > In short acceleration belongs to specialized libs not the kernel. > > > > Why accel it is needed for font drawing?, i am pretty sure my 8bit video old > > sparc doesn't have any accel and is pretty capable for drawing fonts. > > Because we are going to run into graphics hardware that don't have > framebuffers. The solution is the one we are approaching now. That fbcon > be a client like userland apps to the accel engine. You will see it will > all work out :-)
Oh, that fact changes everything :)
-otto
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