This has come up before. And the answer is that we'll have to wait and see. OGA1 is intentionally a stripped-down design, which means that attempting to stick to its interface in the future would put limits on what advancements we can make. However, a few generations down the road, we should be able to stablize some parts of the register interface. As more and more functionality gets moved into the hardware, the interface will look more and more like an API, where the functionality is encapsulated behind an abstraction layer. In the mean time, however, we cannot afford to do that.
On 11/1/05, Nicolas Boulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Few suggestion about register API. > > Is it possible to make "an extensible" register interface. > > This permit to use "old" driver for new card but it also permit other > produicer to introduice "OGP" compatible interface. Maybe in few year, OGP > could became a kind of standard like VESA is for 2D. > > So it will be much more easier for futur developpement. > > Extensible register interface show api version, and some hole for "futur use". > > nicO > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
