Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262984AbUJ1Lvi (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:51:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262986AbUJ1LsJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:48:09 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:12698 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262976AbUJ1Lks (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:40:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:40:43 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Helge Hafting cc: Giuliano Pochini , Timothy Miller , Tonnerre , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? In-Reply-To: <20041028093752.GB13523@hh.idb.hist.no> Message-ID: References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <1098442636l.17554l.0l@hh> <20041025152921.GA25154@thundrix.ch> <417D216D.1060206@techsource.com> <20041028093752.GB13523@hh.idb.hist.no> 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: 1071 Lines: 26 On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Helge Hafting wrote: > Or one could go the other way - if we use 32 bits, then > consider 10 bits per color. I've always wondered about the purpose > of a 8-bit alpha channel. what exactly is supposed to show > in "transparent" places? Transparency makes sense when talking about > windows - you see the underlying window through a transparent spot. > But this is the frame buffer we're talking about - what is > supposed to be behind that? Another frame buffer? Possibly. Or a life video plane. 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/