On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 22:23 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > On 11/25/05, Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:45:05PM -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > > > > > > Although nothing is set in stone, there may be grounds for not > > > supporting AGP. Or if we do, it won't be right away. But there's > > > still time to debate that issue. > > > > > > > Hahh??! That's going to exclude a heck of a lot of installed base > > -- including my expensive new workstation. > > If I can help it, we'll have AGP. > > But the thing is, anyone with AGP also has PCI, and if it's "fast > enough" with PCI, how much do we care about AGP? > > Really, those with AGP aren't excluded. They're just at a > disadvantage relative to those who have AGP cards. But there are lots > of disadvantages to OGA; they're just ones we are willing to tolerate > because we demand open source drivers.
Just a thought here.. What about making the card a hybrid? IE: one side has PCI, the other has AGP. IF nothing else, the AGP can just be plain PCI using AGP slot. If there is a possibility after release for the AGP speed to be increased to AGP-1x or something that would of course be a plus. Detecting whether AGP or PCI is the one being used should be no problem. Trace length? Maybe a problem, but I guess only for the higher-speed grades of AGP? Benefits: -One more slot to stuff the card in -Enthusiasts can now have a FPGA card in an AGP slot (I guess this could be used to something fun..) =) -Extra "Wooo.....oow" value. -HK _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
