Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261662AbUJaVtU (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:49:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261664AbUJaVpo (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:45:44 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85]:56034 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261574AbUJaVnl (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:43:41 -0500 Message-ID: <41855DB4.4010209@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:48:36 -0800 From: Z Smith User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: code bloat [was Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug] References: <417550FB.8020404@drdos.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <200410310000.38019.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <1099170891.1424.1.camel@krustophenia.net> <200410310111.07086.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041030222720.GA22753@hockin.org> <41855483.2090906@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 570 Lines: 18 Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>Also, might not software 3d open the kernel up to >>patent issues? > > Whatever you do, 3D at the software level is slow, even with a fast comp. > See MESA. Well it might be nice to add support for hardware 3-D, once 2-D is mature. In fact I imagine it could be very convenient for some people. ZS - 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/