Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750725AbVIUCza (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:55:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750733AbVIUCza (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:55:30 -0400 Received: from web88003.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.190]:42165 "HELO web88003.mail.re2.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750725AbVIUCza (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:55:30 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=SJx3BQ/vNizIZqwsIGYoMwZ0wHz+kOOY3zMMdHRXkOC/RBft0qvWGrnRDVwzjYy+jibQXgKwGXoVmEvRjyjpO7syFZZtz7KawNFpAM6SU/YjGh+rFWYPp47kumd4pKEYRa/VILJfCqQ5E0TkZLWwS12bBSRg6zTGGvKo7G1EsZ4= ; Message-ID: <20050921025521.88180.qmail@web88003.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:55:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Prest Subject: Re: In-kernel graphics subsystem To: Athar Hameed <06020051@lums.edu.pk> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <2CB9FE03B6DBB54AAD7193A44499D6242C9B96@satluj1.lums.edu.pk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1285 Lines: 45 I would say no. Maybe a better idea would be to extend the current OpenGL lib and provide an API layer for creating a set of rich graphics functionality in "regular" applications. I.e. 3d charts, buttons, 3d form space ? Just a suggestion. --- Athar Hameed <06020051@lums.edu.pk> wrote: > Hi, > > We are a group of three undergrad CS students, > almost ready to start our senior project. We have > this idea of integrating a graphics subsystem with > the kernel and doing away with the X server. We are > not really sure if this is a wise thing to do. It > hasn't been done before. Your comments on this idea > will be very helpful. > > > Thanks, > > Athar > Shery > Kazi > > P.S. We are not subscribed to the lklm. Kindly CC > your replies to 06020051@lums.edu.pk > > - > 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/ > - 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/