Can't this be added just like Matrox support. I know the DRI/FB project has the sources out there just waiting to be integrated?
jim burnes security engineer great-west, denver > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:directfb-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Voigt > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [directfb-users] state of DirectFBGL with Radeon > > The website says "Radeon will be added soon" to DirectFBGL. What's the > current state and what will happen in the next months? Can you give me > an overview of what needs to be done? > > I'd like to use DirectFBGL for an embedded product with a Radeon chip, > such that graphics is drawn with OpenGL and the (custom) GUI is drawn on > top of that with DirectFB, with these two running in different threads. > > The other approach, if there's no Radeon support soon, would be to draw > the GUI with OpenGL too (using mesa solo). But then the GUI and the > graphics would be synchronized by buffer swaps, with a negative impact > on interactivity for the GUI when the graphics are complex and need long > frame times. > > Is there anything wrong in these thoughts? > > > > -- > Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
