Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-17 Thread Corbin Simpson
t just so happens, fortunately, that the only things which differ from card to card and cannot be abstracted from kernel to userspace are accelerated rendering commands. You're conflating DRM and KMS. It's possible to provide KMS without DRM: Modesetting withou

Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-15 Thread Corbin Simpson
Sending from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C. On Sep 15, 2011 1:05 PM, "Alex Deucher" wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 19:52, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> While the DRM has historically targeted 3D acceleration, that is not a >>> requ

Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-15 Thread Corbin Simpson
Wasn't there a driver for qemu cirrus "hardware"? Sending from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C. On Sep 15, 2011 1:05 PM, "Alex Deucher" wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 19:52, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> While the DRM has historical