Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757927AbXETRms (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 May 2007 13:42:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755581AbXETRmk (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 May 2007 13:42:40 -0400 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.46]:34663 "EHLO vms046pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755571AbXETRmk (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 May 2007 13:42:40 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:42:31 -0400 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem To: Jesse Barnes , jonsmirl@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org: References: <200705171423.46748.jesse.barnes@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 850 Lines: 20 On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:23:45 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > In collaboration with the FB guys, we've been working on enhancing the > kernel's graphics subsystem in an attempt to bring some sanity to the > Linux graphics world and avoid the situation we have now where several > kernel and userspace drivers compete for control of graphics devices. How is supporting different users logged into each head going to work? The original model for this was to give each head its own fbdev device. It is important that each user be able to set their own mode without being root. Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com - 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/