Subject: Re: replacing X Window System !
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: linux cbon <linuxcbon@yahoo.fr>
Cc: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@lumumba.uhasselt.be>,
       Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
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On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 17:13, linux cbon wrote:
>  --- Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> a ?crit : 
> > BEWARE !! None of the "Avivo" series (ATI X1000 and
> > later) will work.
> > Only the readon (Radeon 7xxx, Radeon 8xxx, Radeon
> > 9xxx, X600, X700,
> > X800) have drivers.
> > 
> > See DRI homepage for more information.
> > 
> > 	Xav
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> does DRI access hardware *directly* ?

Yes it does.

> How does DRI compare with other drivers ?

DRI is not finished for r300 cards (radeon 9600 => X700 IIRC), but it
kind of works. The only other driver I know for r300 is Xorg's radeon,
and it's dead slow.

	Xav


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