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To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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There are two modes of operations for fxtv :

1. direct PCI to PCI mode and goes as fast the PCI allow us.

2. traditional frame buffer transfer 

Most of us use the PCI to PCI mode 8)

	Cheers,
	Amancio

> I wrote a little test program that doesnt do anything but printf()'s to the X
> screen.  At best it appears to run at 1/50th a second.  So my question is, for
> the BrookTree drivers, are you eeking out a better frame rate, and if so, how?
> 
> -Crh
> 
>        Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu
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>                          http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich