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Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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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".
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