Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267505AbUIKHlk (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:41:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267602AbUIKHlk (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:41:40 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:22717 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267505AbUIKHky (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:40:54 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:40:52 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Dave Airlie cc: lkml Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <9e47339104090919015b5b5a4d@mail.gmail.com> <20040910153135.4310c13a.felix@trabant> <9e47339104091008115b821912@mail.gmail.com> <1094829278.17801.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <9e4733910409100937126dc0e7@mail.gmail.com> <1094832031.17883.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <9e47339104091010221f03ec06@mail.gmail.com> <1094835846.17932.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <9e47339104091011402e8341d0@mail.gmail.com> <1094853588.18235.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1086 Lines: 27 On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Dave Airlie wrote: > Lots of X DDX drivers use the accelerator for 2d stuff, some fbs use it > for accelerating scrolling, the DRM uses it, this is wrong wrong wrong > wrong...X/DRM at least lock each other out, but the fb just tramps in > wearing its size nines.. so in summary the 2D/3D split exists in peoples > minds (graphics cards designers excepted...) Who tramps on who actually depends on your point of view... ;-) First we had fbdev in the kernel (and some X played nice with it), then we also got DRM... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/