Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 May 2006 19:56:05 -0400 | From | "Jon Smirl" <> | Subject | Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts |
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On 5/24/06, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote: > It has absolutely nothing to do with the GPL vs BSD licensing on the > code it has to do with the belief that fbdev isn't a complete enough > model to do what needs to be done and merging it into the DRM is just > going to make things worse rather than better, I've no idea where you > ever came up with it being a licensing thing at all... the FreeBSD ppl > have on interest in taking fbdev code anyways...
I got giant earfuls of the BSD issue from EricA. But, Dave, you are more reasonable than some of the other X developers so I'm not putting blame on you. I did notice that you didn't deny the part about zero forward progress in the kernel.
I do stand by my opinion that building a driver bus so that three independent drivers (fbdev, DRM, XAA/EXA) can simultaneously multitask on a single piece of hardware is not a good design. It is a political solution, not a technical one.
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