Re: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Redesign of kernel graphics interface
From: Alan Cox <hidden>
Date: 2004-05-17 17:40:27
On Gwe, 2004-05-14 at 19:40, Jon Smirl wrote:
Does DirectFB work on anything beside Matrox now?
Most cards, accelerated on quite a few including VIA. This is getting into detail. If your 3D sucks you dont us OpenGL as the basis of your whizzo console driver - just as MS plan to support the older UI for older hardware.
the effects are achieved with pixel shaders. xserver features a fully composited window manager, it needs these features to have a fast response time.
You need a 1mS response time at the most extreme. Indeed at 70Hz you need a lot less
What would be reasons for picking another API?
Its large, doesn't cover some functionality and doesn't map well to some hardware. If you've got a DRI layer you don't have to *care* what user space library is used and you certainly don't want to dictate it ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click