Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762463AbXEUQRQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:17:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754696AbXEUQQ4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:56 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:43820 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759863AbXEUQQy (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem From: Arjan van de Ven To: Jon Smirl Cc: Jeff Garzik , Jesse Barnes , Jesse Barnes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Antonino A. Daplas" In-Reply-To: <9e4733910705210834s4b41cf31ka3f56d3bc36b5585@mail.gmail.com> References: <200705171423.46748.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <200705201610.32170.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> <9e4733910705201747n1847f7b1wd57a8e8640a857a8@mail.gmail.com> <4650F5F2.4000305@garzik.org> <9e4733910705210834s4b41cf31ka3f56d3bc36b5585@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 09:15:28 -0700 Message-Id: <1179764128.3553.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 22 On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 11:34 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > Supporting multiple users, one on each CRTC, has long been a feature > request from people building low end educational systems, kiosks, > Internet cafes, etc. If the entire graphics subsystem is going to get > rewritten this feature should be added. are you going to write the code? this topic has been on the table for YEARS and no code appeared. The patch here is a great step forward for the common case, and seems to allow more complex setups either already or with some minor future modifications.... so how about we move forward with this code that exists today, instead of doing more vaporware while holding the rest of the world back... - 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/