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Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 00:09:49 +0200 (CEST)
From: linux cbon <linuxcbon@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: replacing X Window System !
To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.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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 --- Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> a ?crit : 
> On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 17:13, linux cbon wrote:
> > 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


Are "DRIs" the best available open-source drivers for
old ATI cards ? Done by reverse engineering ?
And not all functions are usable :-(.
What about newer ATI or Nvidia cards ? A hope for
something better ?

What do you think of using binary drivers (blobs)
instead ?
I think thats sad to use them, in an open-source
kernel like Linux.

By the way : did you know of this project about an
"open source graphic card" ?
Hardware specs are open, so no need of DNA and
open-source drivers coding easier :
http://opengraphics.gitk.com/open_graphics_spec.pdf
http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics
(still a project).


Regards


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