On 17 Aug 2001 11:39:38 -0400, Brian S. Julin wrote:
>
> On 17 Aug 2001, Thayne Harbaugh wrote:
> > > 1) Blt/ROP/Alpha support
> > libblt and the new libbuf?
I still haven't seen libbuf show up in CVS - what's the ETA for it's
structure to be unveiled?
> > > 2) Motion Video support
> > Isn't this in libovl or does it not work yet?
>
> Yes and yes.
Is the structure sufficient in libovl so that someone, like myself,
might complete libovl? What are the problems that need to be fixed with
libovl?
> > > 3) management of layers (beyond what we can do with memvis/display-sub).
> > What exactly are layers?
>
> DFB has it's own construct called layers which seem to be a sort
> of region management system.
I don't think I have great concern with layers - am I wrong? What are
the "can't do without" features that layers provide?
> > > DirectFB won't tap your hardware to its limit,
> >
> > Why is that?
>
> Because it doesn't give the user the information needed to decide
> how to allocate resources.
This information being modes and video memory. Are there other
resources that need to advertise information?
> > > and will probably
> > > be a bear when graphics resources run low,
>
> > Is this what libgalloc handles?
>
> Yes.
>
> Brian
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Thayne Harbaugh
