On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 15:57 -0500, Parag Warudkar wrote: > Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > >* Lee Revell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > >>Stupid question: what the heck does OO use DRI for? I googled and came > >>up empty. > >> > >> > > > >It does pointless 3D objects in its drawing package. > > > > > Another stupid question :) > Does it mean DRI is only used for doing 3D? How about normal, 2D stuff? > I thought X uses DRI for both 2D and 3D if it is available... >
No, XAA is normally used for 2D acceleration. This is hardware accelerated but doesn't use DRI, X does 2D accel by talking directly to the hardware without the kernel's involvement. This is an area where the proprietary guys are a little ahead but there are some interesting developments like the Xgl server. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
