Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:33:26 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new X11 project Message-ID: <1226086406.33599.22.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> In-Reply-To: <0E1DCF36-07A1-4A7F-8784-477709445C26@telenix.org> References: <0E1DCF36-07A1-4A7F-8784-477709445C26@telenix.org>
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--=-DLnuy2/aw5oVBGtAQR9y Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 13:52 -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > [This is my first time running this mail composing tool, tell me if =20 > it's doing something evil I don't see, ok?] >=20 > I just got pointed at a URL, if you haven't, it's most likely worth =20 > your time to read this; >=20 > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=3Darticle&item=3Dxorg_wayland&num= =3D1 >=20 > It's discussing a new X11 project, going by the name Wayland, a RedHat =20 > project. Among it's primary goals is to simplify the server, and =20 > since making things simpler (and hence more reliable) has been a =20 > lifelong primary goal of mine, I'm listening. My goal here, beyond =20 > trying to be helpful in pointing out something clearly important, is =20 > to find out of anyone has done any research with a mind towards =20 > finding out the ultimate compatibility between FreeBSD and this new =20 > Wayland. I'm always worried that a Linux-person is going to =20 > "innocently" write something that requires us to become a Linux =20 > lookalike. I haven't spoken to krh about it, but the userland component likely won't be all that difficult to port. The more complex issue is all the back-end kernel support that will be needed. GEM is on my list to do sooner rather than later, but I haven't gotten it going yet. I still have to scope out kernel modesetting, this may require even more kernel work than gem. Once both of those features exist, it is probably viable to port the code. robert. > Has anyone got any FreeBSD info on this? Because, if I get s nice =20 > loud shot of slicne in answer to this question, I'm going to have to =20 > try to fix it. I wonder if it's just something that's going to need =20 > porting (my devout wish), or are more extreme measures going to have =20 > to be considered? Just being a worry-wart. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " --=-DLnuy2/aw5oVBGtAQR9y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkkUmAYACgkQM4TrQ4qfRONmFwCeNJjcPgcezObXnVoignskpoVw fuQAn0T7kCpTEm16tlWvp/fjgftaKWgn =Hcts -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-DLnuy2/aw5oVBGtAQR9y--
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