Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752471AbXBDRoJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:44:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752474AbXBDRoJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:44:09 -0500 Received: from vervifontaine.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:35991 "EHLO vervifontaine.sonycom.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752471AbXBDRoH (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:44:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 18:44:00 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development cc: James Simmons , Cell Broadband Engine OSS Development , Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 0/7] RFC: Cell SPE logos In-Reply-To: <20070204133212.GA2032@elf.ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20070204133212.GA2032@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 29 On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > > I would like to hear your opinions about the patchset below (updated version > > compared to yesterday, lkml added to the CC list). > > Can you just blast these pictures from userspace? There's really no > excuse to advertise SPEs from kernel.... Everything drawn on a frame buffer (penguin logos, text console, ...) can indeed be done from userspace. > What's next, I have powerful Intel graphics chipset in here, perhaps > it is as powerful as SPE, shall I start adding little pictures for its > pipelines? Do you have in-kernel support for running generic code on those pipelines? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- Sony Network and Software Technology Center Europe (NSCE) Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com ------- The Corporate Village, Da Vincilaan 7-D1 Voice +32-2-7008453 Fax +32-2-7008622 ---------------- B-1935 Zaventem, Belgium - 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/