From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 30 04:31:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA05973 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 04:31:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA05965 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 04:31:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00721; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:51:28 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199710301221.WAA00721@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: stephen farrell cc: Amancio Hasty , Alfred Perlstein , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svgalib? In-reply-to: Your message of "29 Oct 1997 21:29:48 MDT." <87sotklyhf.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:51:25 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Amancio Hasty writes: > > > If we really wanted we could port it however svgalib brings a support > > nightmare. What needs to happen is to tie svgalib to the Xfree86 development > > in such a way that that low level graphic functions from the XFree86 server > > become available as a library. > > What about GGI? SVGALib is on it's way out in the linux world anyway; > wouldn't it be better to get GGI into freebsd than worry about > SVGALib, which sucked to begin with? > > http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi/ Just reading up on this, I'm struck with the impression that these guys are furious that someone else invented X before they did, and did a better job of it to boot. There are all sorts of little giveaway signs that this is *not* a particuarly wonderful thing to be pursuing. I'd much rather put my (metaphorical) weight behind DGA. GGI is also *very* Linux-centric; porting it to FreeBSD would be a Lot Of Work. mike