On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:05:23PM -0700, Tim Roberts wrote: >XFree86 runs quite well >in many non-Linux environments today.
Not to mention that Linux was only the third or fourth platform that XFree86 ran on, with several SYSV versions and 386BSD pre-dating the Linux port :-). As to the original subject, kernellevel support can be useful and necessary for some features. Current example are AGPGART and DRM, which have migrated (or are being migrated) to the 3 BSDs after being implemented first on Linux. I don't think kernel based methods should be ignored -- especially when a kernel module can conviently provide functionality not otherwise available. However, I think it would be a mistake (for portability reasons) to only implement core features in ways that require kernel modules. Overall we have a reasonable balance right now, but that shouldn't stop people following up other approaches if the can provide real performance improvements. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
