1999-06-11 09:26:59

by Geert Uytterhoeven

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Subject: Re: FBIO_COPYBOX, FBIO_RECTFILL

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote:
> I like fbdev very well, but I would apreciate a method
> for hardware blits and fills.
> Would be very easy to add this functionality to fbcon.
> I tested it with matroxfb.
> E.g. ClanLib that uses fbdev would be times faster.
>
> Any oppinions?

Generic hardware blits do not belong in the kernel.

Reasoning: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/Linux/Expo/.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven [email protected]
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium