Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 03:21:59 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, dawes@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DRI drivers in base system? Message-ID: <200103071121.f27BLxh75773@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpy9uh6dtg.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > DRI support for FreeBSD in XFree86 4 is languishing, probably mainly > due to being maintained outside the FreeBSD source tree, and therefore > having all kinds of trouble keeping track of our fast-moving kernel. > > I am in the process of bringing the KLDs up to date with -CURRENT > (using the sources in the 4.0.2 distribution - I haven't finished > cvsupping the repo yet). I think I'm about 80% to 90% done - found > some bugs in the process, too :) For what it is worth, I would like this. Linux has its own DRI in the 2.4 kernel tree. (not that it is an excuse to do it, but pointing out that others see the wisdom in it too). I had almost suggested this myself on a couple of occasions. DRI is *not* XFree86 specific, FWIW. It is a generic 3D card / framebuffer management framework. It would be far better to use this than some sort of in-kernel ddx driver Xserver backend. Arbitary libGL apps can call it, in theory with or without the Xserver running [assuming the card is in graphics mode, of course.] I'm sure this is prime bikeshed material though. Oh well. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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