Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Video card support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007311222380.50474-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007281115210.350-100000@armani.yourfit.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Chris BeHanna wrote:

>     I don't remember if it was this list on which I saw this
> discussion, or if it was hackers.  Anyway, I looked at xfree86.org
> today, and noticed that there is accelerated support for ATI Mach64
> and for NVIDIA TNT2 and GeForce256 boards, as well as many others.
> 
>     Is there some reason why this isn't "good enough," or do we
> really need actual drivers for these boards to get at their
> extra-nifty features (e.g., hardware backface culling, fog, bump maps,
> etc.)?

That acceleration usually refers to 2D acceleration -- rectangle drawing
and so forth.  

XFree86 4.X adds support for DRI, a direct-to-hardware interface for
accessing the 3D hardware on the card.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0007311222380.50474-100000>