Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:35:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:35:14 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:56588 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:34:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Huge console switching lags To: jsimmons@transvirtual.com (James Simmons) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 23:39:36 +0100 (BST) Cc: jfbeam@bluetopia.net (Ricky Beam), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton), lenstra@tiscalinet.it (Lorenzo Allegrucci), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "James Simmons" at Oct 02, 2001 11:50:58 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Well the reason the framebuffer suck is because the current api sucks for > them. It draws pixel by pixel. Slow slow slow!!! I have developed a new > api that takes advantage of the accel engine of graphics hardware. It is Great. VESAfb doesnt have one. Lots of older machines dont have one. Alan - 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/