On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Antonio Campos wrote:
> "Jon M. Taylor" wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > Linus would just say what he has always said:
> > >
> > > * Show me the code
> > > * Direct Rendering is necessary for performance reasons
> >
> > Woops, I accidentally posted this before I finished arguing those
> > points:
> >
> > > * Running X as a trusted userspace binary is OK
> >
> > It isn't necessary anymore, even with DRI.
> >
>
> How? With XGGI?
With a number of different solutions:
* XGGI
* XF86_FBDev
* Separate userspace graphics server daemon a la suidkgi
> > > * Who will maintain KGI in the kernel?
> >
> > The current maintainers, plus other people who will see it
> > distributed with the kernel sources and become a contributor in the grand
> > free software tradition. That's the way it usually works.
I should qualify this. Depending on volunteer labor would be
unwise. However, a commercial entity would almost certainly come around
to employing at least one KGI developer full-time to work on maintaining
the system. _That's_ the way it usually works these days.
Jon
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