Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267923AbUIMP3j (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:29:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268049AbUIMP3C (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:29:02 -0400 Received: from pimout5-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.73]:15068 "EHLO pimout5-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267923AbUIMPVX (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:21:23 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:20:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Vladimir Dergachev X-X-Sender: volodya@node2.an-vo.com Reply-To: Vladimir Dergachev To: Alan Cox cc: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , Felix =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FChling?= , DRI Devel , lkml , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2 In-Reply-To: <1095083862.14587.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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> <1094912726.21157.52.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1095035276.22112.31.camel@admin.tel.thor.asgaard.local> <1095036743.22137.48.camel@admin.tel.thor.asgaard.local> <1095083862.14587.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 28 On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2004-09-13 at 15:52, Vladimir Dergachev wrote: >> However, if we want the switch from X to framebuffer to be as fast as >> switching between different text consoles (assuming they have the same >> resolution) and if we want to be able to run different Xservers on >> different consoles or Xserver+framebuffer combinations Jon's proposal >> wins. > > It depends how the various components fit together. Clearly for Radeon > you want everyone using the DMA command path when DRI is loaded. That > doesn't require "one driver". > Alan, do I understand right that you are proposing to have two pieces of code in the framebuffer - one that can program the card in the absence of DRM driver and one that uses CP when it is present ? best Vladimir Dergachev - 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/