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Subject: Re: [patch] Re: Framebuffer...Why oh Why???
To: geert@linux-m68k.org (Geert Uytterhoeven)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:18:47 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> It's a bit weird... No one thinks about implementing SCSI or Ethernet drivers
> in user space, but for graphics that's all OK. Worse, for graphics it's even
> considered normal that the user space driver plays with the hardware behind the
> kernel driver's back...

Have a look at the iscsi back end. There are good reasons to do a lot of the
graphics from user space via X11 or via DRM. Performance is one very
significant case. 

Alan
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