Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756896Ab0GBB1j (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:27:39 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:46414 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756487Ab0GBB1i (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:27:38 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=P78mkVk4FDwbSSspINF701B+SQMYLQEW/I1DeyOgwT5NWT9pra9k3YjZOY3ERbIGxr /MJ0hC6PfVSJp2gHkz/2qN3YoWya8WeZRNBuAntHWhyFgnG1U2AETOfT7mjqEok4MYdC TlbhNwWBKIBqYyiojWBknOB0Su4pbFnIV3CdY= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:27:37 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component From: Corbin Simpson To: Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski Cc: Dave Airlie , LKML , dri-devel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1670 Lines: 47 I thought Intel shelved Larrabee. ~ C. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski wrote: >> We are going to start to see a number of companies in the embedded >> space submitting 3D drivers for mobile devices to the kernel. I'd like >> to clarify my position once so they don't all come asking the same >> questions. > > one of options for future would be equipping gpu's with additional > processing force, allowing it to run whole Xorg on it's own, > and just communicate with rest of machine via shared memory window (so > visible as 'hardware X server' from systems standpoint), > > option which allows both - closing 'source' of gpu , and taking > off burden of development for closed, once-use-throwaway > devices from Xorg and kenel crew. > > also port of Xorg on GPUs itself allows skipping a lot of features > of kernel, and OS itself (it doesn't to be based on linux afterall) > allowing much more robust performance, and skipping common bottlenecks > (sharing irq's , scheduling, etc) > > but this route needs to be considered by hardware vendors themselves. > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > -- When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? ~ Keynes Corbin Simpson -- 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/